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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. Throughout this work, he advocates the idea that autocracy is the perfect form of government for Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Tatishchev has received more than 88,467 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Vasily Tatishchev is the 201st most popular explorer (down from 165th in 2019), the 810th most popular biography from Russia (down from 680th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Vasily Tatishchev ranks 201 out of 498. Before him are Matthew Flinders, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Wilhelm Filchner, James Weddell, Samuel Wallis, and André Thevet. After him are Estêvão Gomes, Naddodd, Thekla Resvoll, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, John Ross, and Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1686, Vasily Tatishchev ranks 9. Before him are Benedetto Marcello, Charles, Duke of Berry, Hans Egede, Senesino, Hakuin Ekaku, and Jean-Baptiste Oudry. After him are Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Antoine de Jussieu, Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz, Domenico Montagnana, Cosmas Damian Asam, and Andrey Osterman. Among people deceased in 1750, Vasily Tatishchev ranks 9. Before him are John V of Portugal, Maurice de Saxe, Emperor Sakuramachi, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Rachel Ruysch, and Giuseppe Sammartini. After him are Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Apostolo Zeno, Domenico Montagnana, Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, and Nasir Jung.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Tatishchev ranks 810 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolai Berzarin (1904), Arsen Kotsoyev (1872), Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (1827), Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (1894), Nikolai Severtzov (1827), and Alexander Rodimtsev (1905). After him are Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (1896), Valentina Ponomaryova (1933), Mikhail Katukov (1900), Matrona Nikonova (1881), Arkady Gaidar (1904), and Tikhon Khrennikov (1913).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Vasily Tatishchev ranks 10. Before him are Afanasy Nikitin (1500), Vladimir Arsenyev (1872), Mikhail Lazarev (1788), Nikolai Rezanov (1764), Aleksandra Potanina (1843), and Alexander Andreyevich Baranov (1746). After him are Yerofey Khabarov (1603), Grigory Shelikhov (1747), Vladimir Atlasov (1661), Aleksei Chirikov (1703), Semyon Chelyuskin (1700), and Pyotr Kozlov (1862).

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