Alexander Pistolkors

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Alexander Erikovich Pistolkors, (1885 – 1944), was a Russian Life Guards officer who was known for his cruelty in putting down the rebellion following the Russian Revolution of 1905.[1]

[edit] Background and connections

A pregnant Alexandra Pistolkors, standing, far left, and her husband Alexander Pistolkors, second from left, are pictured with Grigori Rasputin and other admirers in his apartment in 1914. Alexandra's sister Anna Vyrubova is in the back row, standing fourth from left.
A pregnant Alexandra Pistolkors, standing, far left, and her husband Alexander Pistolkors, second from left, are pictured with Grigori Rasputin and other admirers in his apartment in 1914. Alexandra's sister Anna Vyrubova is in the back row, standing fourth from left.

Pistolkors was the son of Olga Valerianovna Paley by her first husband, Erik Augustinovich Pistolkors, whom she divorced when Pistolkors was a child.

Through his mother's second marriage to Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, he was a stepbrother of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, one of the co-conspirators in the murder of Grigori Rasputin. His sister Marianne was also allegedly a co-conspirator in the murder.[2]

Pistolkors was the husband of Alexandra Taneyeva, a Rasputin follower and the sister of the Tsarina's lady in waiting Anna Vyrubova.

[edit] Exile

Pistolkors was a minor government official under Tsar Nicholas II's rule. Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia was the godmother for his eldest daughter, Tatiana. Pistolkors and his wife also had two younger daughters, Olga and Alexandra.

The Pistolkors family fled to Helsinki in 1916 when the political situation worsened. Pistolkors had estates in the Baltic countries. His daughter, Olga, later settled in Sweden.[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Radzinsky, Edvard, The Rasputin File, Doubleday, p. 218
  2. ^ Radzinsky, pp. 476-477
  3. ^ viken.cc. "Olga Ramel, född Pistolekors". viken.cc. Retrieved on March 1.