Boris Krasin (policeman) explained

Boris Ivanovich Krasin (ru|Борис Иванович Красин (Ishim 1846 – June 23 [July 6] 1901) was policeman in Imperial Russia. He served a police chief in Kurgan and Tyumen.^[1] Krasin gave access to the jail in Tyumen to the American explorer, George Kennan. Before his trip to Russia, Kennan had been a supporter of the Tsarist regime, but what he encountered in the jail contributed to his subsequent condemnation of Tsarism.

Family life

Boris was the son of a solicitor Ivan Vasilyevich Krasin, a Titular Councillor - a formal rank in the Imperial Table of Ranks. He married Antonina Grigorievna Kropanina, the youngest daughter of a prominent local merchant.^[2] Together they had five children:^[3]

• Leonid Krasin (1870–1926)): Soviet politician, engineer, social entrepreneur, Bolshevik revolutionary politician and a Soviet diplomat
• Herman Krasin (1871–1947): the first director of the State Institute of Structures (1927–1929)
• Alexander Borisovich (1874–1909), engineer
• Boris Krasin (1884–1936): composer and Proletkult activist

Notes and References

1. Web site: Рылова . Александра Алексеевича . Дети окружного исправника . Тюменские известия» . 15 November 2021.
2. Web site: Д.Н. . Маслюженко . Памятник видному Советскому государственному деятелю Л. Б. Красину, перекресток ул. Красина — Куйбышева Культурное наследие города Кургана . kurgan.pro . МБУК «Централизованная библиотечная система города Кургана» . 16 November 2021 . ru-RU . 10 September 2014.
3. Web site: Антонина Григорьевна Красина . geni_family_tree . Geni.com . 15 November 2021.