Portrait of Vasily Tatishchev. Engraving of the 18th century. Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev (1686-1750) - Russian artillery engineer, historian, geographer, economist and statesman; author of the first major work on Russian history - "Russian History", founder of Stavropol (now Togliatti), Yekaterinburg and Perm. The founder of source studies.

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