[Tokhashanski, half-length portrait, facing right]

Archive record

Tokhashanski was invkon n n lved in the Mezzentsef Affair, a plot to assassinate General Mezzentsef, the St. Petersburg chief of police. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

About this photograph

This 1870 portrait shows Tokhashanski, photographed in half-length view facing right. According to the Library of Congress record, Tokhashanski was involved in the Mezzentsef Affair, described as a plot to assassinate General Mezzentsef, the St. Petersburg chief of police.

The photograph is part of the George Kennan Papers held by the Library of Congress, transferred from the Manuscript Division in 1973. No further details about Tokhashanski's identity, role in the affair, or the outcome of the plot are provided in the available documentation.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.

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