Necropolis of Russian Shanghai (Некрополь русского Шанхая) record
- ID: 1799
- Surname: Tikhomiroff
- Forename and paternity: Ivan Vladimirovich
- Фамилия: Тихомиров
- Имя и отчество: Иван Владимирович
- S: m
- Date of birth // Дата рождения: 1895-05
- Date of death // Дата смерти: 1935-02-06
- Occupation // Профессия: Anti-piracy guard
- Rank or nobility // Чин или звание: Captain
- Details of death // Детали смерти: Shot by pirates
- Obituary // Некролог: NCH 1935-02-06
- NRS // НРС: 435
- Notes // Примечания: Was serving as anti-piracy guard on SS Tungchow, which was transporting 70 schoolchildren to the Catholic school, when the ship was attacked by pirates. Tikhomiroff shot at the leader of the pirates and died from the pirates’ bullets. He had no relatives in Shanghai. “Sergeant Ivan V. Tikhomiroff, who was killed when defending American and British children on the SS Tungchow, had led a life characterized by gallantry, having been gazetted on numerous occasions while serving in the Russian Imperial Army. Among his honors was the Cross of St. George. Born in Kazan in 1895, he entered the Russian Army in 1915. His special talents being recognized, he was sent to the Officers Training School and graduated in 1916 with the rank of Lieutenant. He fought gallantly on the German frontier and, with the Bolshevik uprising, entered the service of Admiral Kolchak, again being credited with gallant conduct. Captured by the Reds he faced a firing squad and was left for dead, but though seriously wounded, he crawled away and recovered with the assistance of peasantry. From Chita he went to Tientsin, later joining the White Russians in the Shantung Army. In 1930, he arrived in Shanghai and joined a local riding school. He was transferred to the Russian Detachment in the French Concession and as from September 1934 became one of the anti-piracy guards on the Tungchow.”