Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician (died 1750)

Vasily Tatishchev

Russian historian and statesman (1686–1750)

Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev was a Russian statesman, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer. He is known as the author of a book on Russian history titled The History of Russia, posthumously published in 1767. He also founded three cities in the Russian Empire:…