Sergey Grigoryevich Lomonosov (russian: Серге́й Григорьевич Ломоносов) (1799 – October 13, 1857, near Florence) was a Russian

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, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at the Dutch Royal Court. Sergey Lomonosov graduated from the

Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum The Imperial Lyceum (Императорский Царскосельский лицей, ''Imperatorskiy Tsarskosel'skiy litsey'') in Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg, also known historically as the Imperial Alexander Lyceum after its founde ...

with a silver medal in 1817 and then began his career at the

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. A year later Lomonosov was sent to the Russian embassy in Washington. Upon his return to

St Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

in 1821, Sergey Lomonosov was sent to Spain to assist Count Mark Bulgari (a Russian

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). After some time he was transferred to Paris as a secretary at the Russian embassy, where he remained until 1829. In 1831, Sergey Lomonosov was appointed charge d'affairs to Copenhagen and then as

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to London. In 1841, he was appointed charge d'affairs to Brazil. During his stay in South America, he travelled along the Brazilian coast from Rio de Janeiro to the estuary of the

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and probably became the first Russian ever to introduce this country to Russia. In 1848, Sergey Lomonosov was transferred to Portugal. In 1853, he was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipontetiary at the Dutch Royal Court, keeping this post until his death in 1857.

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1799 births 1857 deaths Diplomats of the Russian Empire Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to the Netherlands Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to Brazil Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum alumni 19th-century diplomats of the Russian Empire 19th-century diplomats {{Russia-diplomat-stub