Name

Vasilii Stepanovich Sopikov

Original name

Василий Степанович Сопиков

Main activity

Publisher

Secondary activity

Bibliographer

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Activity place

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Place of birth

Suzdal

Date of birth

1765

Place of death

Saint Petersburg

Date of death

1818

Bibliographical references

https://www.zotero.org/groups/2447618/euqu_european_quran/collections/8N8N9JV3/tags/1792%20Russian%20Qur'an/collection

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Vasili Stepanovich Sopikov was a bookseller, publisher, and one of the founders of Russian bibliographical studies. Originally from the merchants family, he was expelled from the merchant rank in 1811. In the 1780s, Sopikov served in Moscow as a clerk in the bookstores of T.A. Polezhaev and N.N. Kolchugin. In 1788, he came to St. Petersburg, where he bought a bookstore and worked as a bookseller until 1803. In 1791–1814 he was engaged in publishing and collecting book rarities. He was closely associated with the Free Society of Lovers of Literature, Sciences and Arts.

Entry author

Gulnaz Sibgatullina