Vasily Tatishchev Quotes

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Freedom is not an essential and basic condition for the growth of science; the care and diligence of government authorities are the most important conditions for this development.

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.