was a very famous man of his time. He
was a public figure, a merchant. Ermakov is also the first local historian. Vasily Ivanovich was born in the middle class family.In 1856 he opened the first shop «The colomal goods» . Ermakov also took part in charity work . Since 1859 he became the Director of the prison in Dankov, where he opened a school and a library at his own expense.