Stepan Nechayev
Illustration — Nechaev's portrait by Vasily Tropinin Stepan Dmitriyevich Nechayev (18 July 1792 –5 September 1860) was a Russian aristocrat and landowner who served as Procurator of the Most Holy Synod (between 1833 and 1836) and a member of the Governing Senate (after 1836). He was based at Polibino. Nechayev was the first to study the materials about the Kulikovo Field.
Also recorded as Stepan Dmitriyevich Nechayev
Stepan Nechayev

Vasily Andreevich Tropinin · Public domain
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- 1792 · Polibino.
- Died
- 1860 · Dankov Uyezd.
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- Russian Empire
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- historian · poet · revolutionary · writer · archaeologist
- Education
- Imperial Moscow University
- Honours
- Order of Saint Anna, 1st class · Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class · Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class · Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class · Order of Saint Anna and 2nd class
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Born at Polibino in 1792, died in Dankov Uyezd in 1860.
Stepan Nechayev studied at Imperial Moscow University. Positions recorded include High Procurator. Distinctions recorded are Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, Order of St.
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