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Mikhail Shcherbatov
Author · Philosopher · 1733–1790
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Mikhail Shcherbatov (1733–1790) was a Russian official historiographer from 1768. He authored the unfinished *History of Russia from the Earliest Times*, published by the Imperial Academy of Sciences between 1770 and 1791. He also wrote *On the Corruption of Morals in Russia*, a treatise on the moral and cultural decline he believed had taken root in Russia.
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Read quote → ✓Source verified“Although she is in her declining years, although grey hair now covers her head and time marked her brow with indelible signs of age, yet her licentiousness still does not diminish.”
Read quote → ✓Source verified“Мы подлинно в людскости и в некоторых других вещах, можно сказать, удивительные имели успехи.”