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 ...
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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
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 ...
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.
See also
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Polibino, Lipetsk Oblast
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Yury Nechaev-Maltsov
Yury Stepanovich Nechaev-Maltsov (1834–1913) was a leading glassware manufacturer, Landlord, patron of the arts, and the major private donor to the Pushkin Museum. He owned a number of shops in Moscow and St. Petersburg
Saint Petersb ...
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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
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