1792. Nikolai Lobachevsky was born
On December 1, 1792, 220 years ago, an outstanding Russian mathematician, one of the creators of non -Euclidery geometry Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, was born. Although Lobachevsky rose to the rector of Kazan University, his innovative ideas did not find recognition in his homeland. However, in 1842, on the recommendation of King of Mathematicians, Karl Friedrich Gauss, he was elected a foreign corresponding member of the Gettingen Royal Scientific Society.