Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician (born 1686)

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: Stavropol-on-Volga, Yekaterinburg, and Perm.