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[[File:Lomonosov Gold Medal.jpg|thumb|Lomonosov Gold Medal]]
The '''Lomonosov Gold Medal''', named after [[Russia]]n scientist and [[polymath]] [[Mikhail Lomonosov]], is awarded each year since 1959 for outstanding achievements in the natural sciences and the humanities by the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] Academy of Sciences and later the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]] (RAS). Since 1967, two medals are awarded annually: one to a Russian and one to a foreign scientist. It is the Academy's highest accolade.