Necropolis of Russian Shanghai (Некрополь русского Шанхая) record

  • ID: 1191
  • Surname: Niginsky
  • Forename and paternity: B.
  • Фамилия: Нижинский
  • Имя и отчество: Б.
  • S: m
  • Date of birth // Дата рождения: 1917 circa
  • Date of death // Дата смерти: 1938-01-27
  • Occupation // Профессия: Truck driver
  • Details of death // Детали смерти: Killed by armed bandits
  • Obituary // Некролог: TCP 1938-01-28
  • Notes // Примечания: Was employed by Japanese military; ambushed and killed by Chinese guerillas near Soochow. “Niginsky, White Russian employed as a truck driver by the Japanese military, died at the hands of the Chinese guerillas. He was killed near Soochow when the truck he was driving was surrounded by guerillas. Twenty Japanese soldiers with him also were reported slain. The body of another Russian driver, Vladimir Gnorovsky, was brought to Shanghai yesterday in a Chinese coffin and unloaded on the Bund.”