Vasily Tatishchev
Born: April 19, 1686
Died: July 15, 1750 (aged 64)
Bio: Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev was a prominent Russian statesman, and ethnographer, best remembered as the author of the first full-scale Russian history. Throughout this work, he advocates his favourite idea that autocracy is the perfect form of government for Russia.
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