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Mikhayl Mikhaylovich Shcherbatov

Russian historian
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Born:
July 22, 1733, Moscow, Russia
Died:
Dec. 12, 1790, Mikhailovskoye (aged 57)
Subjects Of Study:
Russia
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Mikhayl Mikhaylovich Shcherbatov (born July 22, 1733, Moscow, Russia—died Dec. 12, 1790, Mikhailovskoye) was a Russian ideologue, historian, and aristocratic commentator on Russian political and social developments in the 18th century. Shcherbatov was the son of a former governor-general of Moscow and a member of one of the oldest aristocratic families in Russia, and he received a private education. His first published works were seven articles and translations that appeared between 1759 and 1761 in the Articles and Translations for Use and Amusement, Russia’s first scientific and literary journal, which had been founded by Prince M.V. Lomonosov in 1755. These ...(100 of 409 words)

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