Necropolis of Russian Shanghai (Некрополь русского Шанхая) record

  • ID: 919
  • Surname: Lashkevich
  • Forename and paternity: Alexis
  • Фамилия: Лашкевич
  • Имя и отчество: Алексей
  • S: m
  • Date of birth // Дата рождения: 1918 circa
  • Date of death // Дата смерти: 1937-07-10
  • Occupation // Профессия: Member of Russian Detachment of French Police
  • Details of death // Детали смерти: Suicide by shooting
  • Obituary // Некролог: TCP 1937-07-11
  • NRS // НРС: 266
  • Notes // Примечания: “Love motive seen in Blood Alley suicide. Police officer is said to have fallen out with girlfriend. There is a stairway leading to the first floor of a cabaret building between Laci’s Italian Restaurant and the Fantasio Cabaret on Rue Chu Pao San, a street known to the world as“Blood Alley,“ that has during the past two months earned the reputation of a suicide spot. It was here that Alexis Lashkevich, age 19, Russian member of the French police force, pumped lead from his service pistol early yesterday morning into his chest to end his own life. It was here that a fellow Russian officer of the same force blew his brains out with a pistol just two months before.”