Question About Kiev Police

Tammy Lynn Driver

Where would I find a list of the Chiefs of Police of the Kiev Police from 1880 to 1916? When Leo Alexander Kell-Polyakov died in Nov 1923, the news stories in the Los Angeles CA papers stated that he was a Chief of Police in Kiev, and that there was a chance that he was murdered, instead of his death being a suicide. I would like to be able to prove or disprove that he was a Chief of Police in Kiev.

Ellie Vance

Hi Tammy! Police records from this time period are stored in the Archives of Ukraine in fond 237. You can read more about the records contained in that fond here: https://ukrfamily.com.ua/index.php/gosudarstvennyj-arkhiv-g-kieva/sudebnye-i-politsejskie-organy/fond-237-kievskaya-gorodskaya-politsiya

Ellie Vance

The word for chief of police in Ukrainian is: поліцмейстер.

IgorYa

Hello,

I didn't find a list, but some references:

Борис Якович фон Гюббенет — київський поліцмейстер (1866—1882)

Вячеслав Иванович Цихоцкий — київський поліцмейстр (1898—1906)

Алексей Александрович Скалон - 1911,1912 - references in newspapers and regarding Stolypin murder in Kiev

Сергей Горностаев 1915

Tammy Lynn Driver

Thanks everybody!

Tammy Lynn Driver

https://community.familysearch.org/discussion/comment/254646#Comment_254646

Hello Igor,

My cousin wanted me to ask you if you're in the kiev area.

Tammy

IgorYa

https://community.familysearch.org/discussion/comment/254812#Comment_254812

Hello,

sorry, I am not, I live in Russia and have some Ukrainian roots and many of my queries are related to Ukraine. Mostly Chernihiv area through.

thanks,

Igor.