Necropolis of Russian Shanghai (Некрополь русского Шанхая) record
- ID: 678
- Surname: Kartasheff (Kortasheff)
- Forename and paternity: Michael Petrovich
- Фамилия: Карташев
- Имя и отчество: Михаил Петрович
- S: m
- Date of birth // Дата рождения: 1899 (circa)
- Date of death // Дата смерти: 1935-01-14
- Occupation // Профессия: Bodyguard at Chartered Bank
- Details of death // Детали смерти: Suicide by shooting
- Obituary // Некролог: TCP 1935-01-15; CWR 1935-01-19; NCDN 1935-01-15
- NRS // НРС: 221
- Notes // Примечания: The deceased who arrived from the North in 1924 was employed as a bodyguard to Mr Wong Hien-Chung, compradore of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. He was said to be depressed and “tired of living.” “Following a celebration of Russian New Year’s Eve, Kartasheff and his wife were at their home in House 27, Lane 961 Tongshan Road. Mrs Kartasheff was in the bathroom when she heard a shot from the adjoining room. On running in she found her husband lying on the floor with his pistol which, being a bodyguard, he always carried with him, now lying a few feet away. The bullet has penetrated his skull through the right temple.” To his wife Daria he uttered his last words: ‘Goodbye, Dasha, I am dying.’