It is a pity, that merits of the person we start to see only with his leaving in the world other. The founder of our city Vasily Nikitich Tatischev honourable both a monument, and annual articles about him. Readings in Ekaterinburg are carried out spent in his honour the third year. In our city on April, 19 will pass already the Third city competition of children's creative works. Vasily Tatishchev works have not been appreciated, moreover, he 6 times was to disgrace, under court and even in the Peter and Paul Fortress. Any scientific work at a life has not been printed. The recognition of his merits in a form of as Alexander Nevskiy award has come only to mortal sin - so the family legend says. If to recollect merits of this person, it is necessary to start from military fights From 17 years he was at war. Vasily participated in a capture of Narva, in the Poltava fight. As the award he has apprehended gratitude from itself. On behalf of Peter the young man was engaged in improvement of an artillery affair of Russian army. Being abroad, he studied gun business, engineering art, has simultaneously mastered German language. His the further career combined the state and scientific activity. In everything, where Tatischev was engaged, he always showed thoroughness and cared of interests of the state. He was engaged in improvement of a monetary affair of Russia, has based five cities - Orenburg, Perm, Ekaterinburg, Stavropol, Chelyabinsk, supervised over construction of tens mountain factories in Ural, adjusted trading have removed have taken off with Asia. Tatischev operated the Samara region almost for two years. For he was the Astrakhan governor four years. Here he had to national conflicts, to lift on legs the territories plundered by predecessors.He cared of medical aid to the population, ringleaders of a drugstore and pharmaceutical kitchen gardens, opened schools. In order to make them interested in studying, he ordered to not give children in recruits. The circle of scientific interests of the founder of our city is extremely wide. First of all it is geography and cartography, astronomy, meteorology, mineralogy, archeology, ethnography and a history. He has interested Peter the Great by finds of mammoths. Russian scientists even have unwrapped discussion concerning the origin of this animal. Many stated naive judgements, that this animal lives under the ground and in the same place perishes. Others connected unusual finds with a campaign of Alexander the Great. Vasily Nikitich considered, that mammoths lived in Siberia when there was other climate. His collections of minerals were among of assemblies of the Ural museums. The richest library by was collected all his life, thus many books have presented mountain schools. Being engaged in the device of mountain factories, he has written the instruction "О надзирании лесов" which forbade chaotic cutting down, Again to cut wood followed after passage of certain time, Vasily Nikitich stood at sources of the Russian meteorology, astronomy and a history. His works in last area are especially valuable, unfortunately, not all manuscripts were kept. Probably, they will be found in due course and abroad as the scientist conducted extensive correspondence with foreign colleagues. The circle of his interests was extremely wide. He wrote " Representation about merchant class and crafts ", " the Offer to duplicat factories "," Conversation on profit of sciences and schools ".

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