January 12, Mikhail Speransky was born
January 12 (January 1, according to Art.) Of 1772, Count Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky, an outstanding statesman, a reformer, a lawyer, founder of Russian legal science, was born. Mikhail Speransky was born in the village of Cherkutin, Vladimir district. In 1780 he entered the Vladimir Theological Seminary, where, due to remarkable abilities, he received the surname Speransky, i.e. Giving hopes (from lat. The words “Spero” - hope).