Boris Ivanovich Krasin (russian: Борис Иванович Красин ( Ishim 1846 - June 23 (July 6)1901)) was policeman in

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. He served a

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and

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. Krasin gave access to the jail in Tyumen to the

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explorer,

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. 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

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. He married Antonina Grigorievna Kropanina, the youngest daughter of a prominent local merchant. Together they had five children: *

Leonid Krasin Leonid Borisovich Krasin (russian: Леони́д Бори́сович Кра́син; 15 July 1870 – 24 November 1926) was a Russian Soviet politician, engineer, social entrepreneur, Bolshevik revolutionary politician and a Soviet diplomat. In 1 ...

(1870–1926)):

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politician, engineer,

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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 Boris Borisovich Krasin (3 (15) April 1884, Tyumen–21 June 1936) was a Russian musician who was politically active in Proletkult and the Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians. Early life Boris was the fifth and youngest son of Boris Iva ...

(1884–1936): composer and

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activist

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Krasin, Boris 1846 births 1901 deaths