Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev

Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev (born April 19 [April 29, New Style], 1686, Pskov, Russia—died July 15 [July 26], 1750, Boldino, near Moscow) was a Russian economic administrator and historian who was the first to produce a comprehensive Russian history. Tatishchev joined the army in 1704 and took part in the siege of Narva and the Battle of Poltava (1709). He spent much of his life as a government administrator of various mining and manufacturing enterprises. Tatishchev...