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Vasily Tatishchev

1686 - 1750

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Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev (sometimes spelt Tatischev; Russian: Васи́лий Ники́тич Тати́щев, IPA: [vɐˈsʲilʲɪj nʲɪˈkʲitʲɪtɕ tɐˈtʲiɕːɪf]; 19 April 1686 – 15 July 1750) was a statesman, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer in the Russian Empire. He is known as the author of a book on Russian history titled The History of Russia (Russian: История Российская, romanized: Istoriya Rossiyskaya), posthumously published in 1767. He also founded three cities in the Russian Empire: Stavropol-on-Volga (now known as Tolyatti), Yekaterinburg, and Perm. Tatishchev often did not cite his sources, which required later critical historians to find out where he got his information from. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Tatishchev is the 209th most popular explorer (down from 201st in 2019), the 749th most popular biography from Russia (up from 810th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Russian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Vasily Tatishchev ranks 209 out of 498. Before him are Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Francis Garnier, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, Douglas Mawson, John Rolfe, and René Caillié. After him are Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, John Sutter, Ruy López de Villalobos, Jorge Álvares, Gerónimo de Aguilar, and Wilhelm Filchner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1686, Vasily Tatishchev ranks 10. Before him are Benedetto Marcello, Charles, Duke of Berry, Senesino, Hakuin Ekaku, Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Jean-Baptiste Oudry. After him are Antoine de Jussieu, Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz, Domenico Montagnana, Andrey Osterman, Cosmas Damian Asam, and Giuseppe Simone Assemani. Among people deceased in 1750, Vasily Tatishchev ranks 8. Before him are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Maurice de Saxe, John V of Portugal, Emperor Sakuramachi, Rachel Ruysch, and Sylvius Leopold Weiss. After him are Giuseppe Sammartini, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Apostolo Zeno, Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, and Domenico Montagnana.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Tatishchev ranks 749 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergey Biryuzov (1904), Nikolai Andrianov (1952), Konstantin Korovin (1861), Andrey Kurkov (1961), Lucien Olivier (1838), and Vasily Polenov (1844). After him are Aleksey Khomyakov (1804), Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (1886), Georgy Flyorov (1913), Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov (1829), Tatiana Samoilova (1934), and Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Vasily Tatishchev ranks 9. Before him are Mikhail Lazarev (1788), Afanasy Nikitin (1500), Semyon Dezhnev (1605), Vladimir Arsenyev (1872), Alexander Andreyevich Baranov (1746), and Nikolai Rezanov (1764). After him are Vladimir Atlasov (1661), Yerofey Khabarov (1603), Dmitry Laptev (1701), Karl Maximovich (1827), Aleksei Chirikov (1703), and Pyotr Kozlov (1862).

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