Vasily Nazarovich Karazin was a Russian Enlightenment figure, intellectual, inventor, scientific publisher, founder of the Ministry of National Education in the Russian Empire, and of the Imperial Kharkov University. Wikipedia
Born: January 30, 1773, Kharkov Governorate
Died: November 4, 1842 (age 69 years), Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Grandchild: Nikolay Karazin
Full name: Vasily Nazarovich Karazin
Education: Saint Petersburg Mining University
Nationality: Russian and Ukrainian
Place of burial: Mykolaiv Cemetery, Mykolaiv, Ukraine