Necropolis of Russian Shanghai (Некрополь русского Шанхая) record
- ID: 1373
- Surname: Potanin
- Forename and paternity: L. P.
- Фамилия: Потанин
- Имя и отчество: Л. П.
- S: m
- Date of birth // Дата рождения: 1899 circa
- Date of death // Дата смерти: 1930-01-28
- Occupation // Профессия: Member of SMP
- Rank or nobility // Чин или звание: General, Cossack Ataman
- Details of death // Детали смерти: Suicide
- Obituary // Некролог: TCP 1930-01-30
- NRS // НРС: 356
- Notes // Примечания: “Sgt. Potanin, of SMP, commits suicide on Tuesday. ‘Love your mother; she is sick,’ is his message to his daughter.” Potanin was found shot dead at 3 pm January 28 at the Bubbling Well Road police station. Earlier he was a Cossack Ataman and participated in World War and Russian Civil War. In Shanghai, he was an active anti-Bolshevik. He had been employed by the Shanghai Municipal Police for 2.5 years. On the day of his death he went to the lavatory and shot himself through the head; colleagues found him. Wife, in a hospital, and daughter survived him.