Yakov Bruce

The name of one of the nearest associates of Peter the Great Jacob Vi Limovich Bruce, the first Russian scientist, diplomat, a large military and statesman, despite the huge role he played in Petrovsky transformations, little known to a wide range of readers. The first President of Berg and Manufactory-Collegia, which laid the founders of the Russian industry, the founder of the Russian artillery, one of the creators of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Yakov Bruce was the most enlighted of Peter"s environment.
Meanwhile, this scientist husband has become a favorite hero of folk legends, myths and legends, drawing it as a warlock, magician and astrologer.
So who was Yakov Bruce really? Why was his name forgotten historians? These and other no less interesting questions are answered by the real book