Necropolis of Russian Shanghai (Некрополь русского Шанхая) record

  • ID: 1972
  • Surname: Volsky
  • Forename and paternity: Alexander
  • Фамилия: Вольский
  • Имя и отчество: Александр
  • S: m
  • Date of birth // Дата рождения: 1887 circa
  • Date of death // Дата смерти: 1937-09-12
  • Occupation // Профессия: Mover
  • Details of death // Детали смерти: Died of cholera
  • Obituary // Некролог: TCP 1937-09-14; Vozrozhdenie 1937-11-05
  • Notes // Примечания: Owned a restaurant on Avenue Joffre prior. Having closed it, bought a small second-hand truck and went into a deliveries business. Drank a bottle of milk from a local supplier; fell ill hours later; died the next day. Volsky became the first victim of the cholera epidemic in autumn 1937; by the end of September, the number of Russian deaths went up to seven.