Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 125009, Russia
Perevozchikov Ilya V., e-mail: perevozchikovev@mail.ru; Maurer Andrey M., Ph.D., e-mail: foto-rer@yandex.ru; Batsevich Valery A., Ph.D., ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3833-1588, e-mail: batsevich53@mail.ru; Lock K.E., e-mail: lokkkris@rambler.ru
There is little evidence on the appearance of Lomonosov. It is known that he was endowed with great physical strength. The authors attempted to reconstruct and describe his anthropological and constitutional type on the basis of his posthumous bust created by F. Shubin and anthropological descriptions of modern Russians from Northern areas. In addition to traditional methods, composite photographic portraits were created for three northern populations of the Russian people. Based on the current population of the Russian North, the authors were able to partially supplement Lomonosov’s appearance. His hair color was probably from light brown to golden, the eye color was somewhere between grey-green and grey-blue shades. Judging by F. Shubin’s bust, Lomonosov’s head was an unusual combination of a cerebral type of the cranium (after Sigaux), and in terms of somatotype - muscular type with an admixture of picnic tendency (again after the Sigaux scheme). Trying to avoid any speculative conclusions, we would like to emphasize that on the background of the Atlanto-Baltic version (very typical for the Northern Russian populations) Lomonosov possessed a peculiar combination of constitutional traits in his head structure.
anthropology, M.V. Lomonosov’s portrait, the Pomors, composite portrait
Цит.: Perevozchikov I.V., Maurer A.M., Batsevich V.A., Lock K.E. The composite portrait of the Pomors (in connection with the 300th anniversary of M.V. Lomonosov) // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2011; 3/2011; с. 59-67
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