Vasily Tatishchev
Russian historian
Died when: 64 years 87 days (770 months)Star Sign: Aries

Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev (Russian: ????´??? ????´??? ????´???) (19 April 1686 – 15 July 1750) was a prominent Russian Imperial statesman, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer, best remembered as the author of the first full-scale Russian history and founder of three Russian cities: Stavropol-on-Volga (now Tolyatti), Yekaterinburg, and Perm.
Throughout this work, he advocates the idea that autocracy is the perfect form of government for Russia.
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