Stepan Dmitriyevich Nechayev (russian: Степа́н Дми́триевич Неча́ев; 1792–1860) was a Procurator of the Most Holy Synod and a senator. Nechayev was the first one to study the materials about the

Kulikovo Field Kulikovo Field (russian: Куликово поле, or Kulikovo Pole; lit. "snipes' field") is a field near Yepifan, Tula Oblast in Russia where the Battle of Kulikovo took place on September 8, 1380 and was won by prince Dmitri, who became known ...

. He picked up some findings on the place of the

Battle of Kulikovo The Battle of Kulikovo (russian: Мамаево побоище, Донское побоище, Куликовская битва, битва на Куликовом поле) was fought between the armies of the Golden Horde, under the command ...

and created a private museum in the Palace Polibino, using those findings. He was the first

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

, who carried out the location researches and tried to connect the description of the

with the real landscape. There are records about some other collections of the archeological findings from the Kulikovo Field, part of which was in his possession.

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The Battle of Kulikovo
Senators of the Russian Empire 1792 births Historians from the Russian Empire Male writers from the Russian Empire Philanthropists from the Russian Empire 1860 deaths Most Holy Synod 19th-century philanthropists {{Russia-politician-stub

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