Necropolis of Russian Shanghai (Некрополь русского Шанхая) record

  • ID: 1662
  • Surname: Slavetsky
  • Forename and paternity: Boris Vladimirovich
  • Фамилия: Славецкий
  • Имя и отчество: Борис Владимирович
  • S: m
  • Date of birth // Дата рождения: 1902 circa
  • Date of death // Дата смерти: 1928-02-18 prior
  • Occupation // Профессия: Military
  • Rank or nobility // Чин или звание: Major
  • Notes // Примечания: Slavetsky was a major in the Chihli-Shantung army, in charge of the armoured train. “In the fighting around Kaifeng last year, Major Slavetsky managed to save his train and return it to the Chihli-Shantung forces. Last January, Major Slavetsky resigned from his command and started on a journey to deliver a petition to the authorities in Peking concerning the mistreatment of White Russians in the Chihli army. During the journey, Slavetsky disappeared and his family received the news he was shot in Tsining; the whereabouts of the body are still unknown. According to his relatives, Major Slavetsky has not received his salary for more than a year, and the amount owed to him was about $2,000. He leaves a mother and a grandmother in Russia, for whom he was the main support; his sister and fiancée are in Shanghai.”