M. V. Lomonosov has seen country's wealth not in the vast unsettled territo-ries, but in increase of population

• 1.    «In "Dedication" to a "brief description of the various trips to the northern seas and the indication of possible passage of the Siberian Ocean to East India," MV Lomonosov explained his attention to this problem in these terms: "... The North Ocean is a lengthy field where ... may worsen Russia's reputation, combined with the unparalleled advantage, through the invention of the North East Maritime in India and America." This work was created by Lomonosov "from zeal to the good of the fatherland."

• 2.    Here it is important to say about the opinions of Lomonosov to the war. In a lot of poems, "Words", he praises the brilliant victories of Russian arms. But just as repeatedly asserted the superiority of Lomonosovs world as a condition of prosperity of the peoples, the spread of education and sciences. This is the clearest mentality of the Great Russian scientist, who was reflected in a pathetic exclamation, which concludes his "Discourse on the more accurate the sea route": "Oh, if all the labor, care, costs and an infinite number of people and destroys the ferocity destroyed by war, were turned to the benefit of the peace science of navigation! Not only would already have been discovered unknown areas of the inhabited world and connected with the ice at the shore hitherto inaccessible shores, but might be, it seems, found the tireless zeal of the people the secrets of the sea bottom. How increased our wealth by sharing things between the nations and no matter how brightly the light shone Sciences after the disclosure of new caches of nature! "

• 3.    In new social – economical conditions of Russia, the important fact is the preserving of traditional Russian culture. Judging by all the facts of the biography, MV Lomonosov took the view of Renaissance culture, according to which the goal of human life is not self-improvement by means of pious meditation, fasting and prayer, and the knowledge "of this world visible" laws that govern independently from creator "in kind. "Through education and with it, he thought, to fix everything - politics, and the "bad manners". Arctic exploration will help to expand the horizons of knowledge of Russian national culture.

• 4.    I hope that the journal «Arctic and North» will prolong the tradition of Lomonosov by spreading scientific knowledge not only in Russia, but in the whole world. Lomonosov always appreciated the printed word, the educational program he assigned him an important place. After the opening of the Moscow University named after M.V.Lomonosov, seeking permission to have it at his own printing press. Lomonosov favored the right of scientists to express their views and requires journalists to be disseminators of scientific knowledge and education. To do this, journalists must possess erudition, ability to understand and assess the read and conscientious attitude to his work.

Together with this, however, the country's wealth, MV Lomonosov did not see a vast but unsettled territory, and population growth. He considered the population as a critical component of national power. November 1, 1761 MV Lomonosov completed a letter of the curator of the Moscow University of Count II Shuvalova "On the conservation and breeding of the Russian people." This work refers to those works of the multifaceted scientific heritage of the scientist-encyclopedist with a unique breadth of consideration of these issues. The complex nature of these tracts provides the basis of a big number of advanced research directions, which were discussed by MV Lomonosov and among the researchers who have made a significant contribution to their formation.

According to M.V. Lomonosov, the demographic situation depends on the migration mobility of the population. Leaving the country, MV Lomonosov calls the "living dead", thus emphasizing the severity of the problem of emigration and its socio-economic impacts. It is noteworthy that the preservation of the number of people leaving Russia MV Lomonosov associates with administrative measures. Realizing that simply banned not solve this problem, he recommends that people better living conditions and alleviate taxes. Immigration to Russia of foreign nationals, MV Lomonosov viewed as a positive phenomenon.

The problem of preservation of the Russian people did not lose its relevance, on the contrary, it has acquired new meaning and urgency. For the current demographic situation in Russia is characterized by steady population decline, ultra-low fertility and mortality ultra. The development of demographic processes in Russia today, acquiring the features of the demographic catastrophe. In fact, we started talking about depopulation, which, if unchecked, may be irreversible and lead to degeneration of the peoples of Russia.

Regional Studies