[KS] An Junggeun trial

[Frank Hoffmann]

Hello Jieun:


> Regarding An trial, there was a Russian lawyer. 
> His name was Constatine Michaeloff. 
> That is all that I have.


A few notes:

1. "Constatine Michaeloff" -- sure, it is possible he himself used that 
transcription, but you may also search for "Konstantin Mikhailov" if 
looking for literature about him, and for the Cyrillic version.

2. The person you are looking for is Konstantin Petrovich Mikhailov (Кo
нстантин Пeтpoвич Михайлoв) -- and no, I don't have 
any dates; you may contact some Russian Koreanists, or historians with 
Russian roots such as Vladimir Tikhonov who has at the same time done 
extensiv research on that period.

3. Who was Konstantin P. Mikhailov?
He was together with U Tŏk-sun 禹德淳 and others around An Chung-gŭn 
already involved in the actual planning of Itō's assassination. (Also 
check Franklin Rauch's work -- who states that he came to Korea with 
the Russian Army during the Russo-Japanese War, and that he quickly 
learned the language.) He, for sure, is listed as the head (or was it 
co-president) of the _Taedong kongbo_ 大東共報, the Korean independence 
activists' gazette from Vladivostok that you are certainly aware of. 
Everyone close to An Chung-gŭn was involved in that paper. So, yes, 
Mikhailov did sure have an important role there. The whole REASON that 
the assassination was planned in Harbin, of course, had to do with the 
special jurisdiction of Harbin as it was agreed on after the 
Russo-Japanese War. In other words, they were speculating for a Russian 
court and were hoping that he would not be transferred to the Japanese! 
That is exactly why Mikhailov was an important man for An Chung-gŭn and 
his circle, and why he was supposed to play an even more important role 
later. However, as you know, neither Mikhailov nor J.E. Douglas (whom 
Professor Park asked to identify) were allowed to become lawyers for 
An; at least in Mikhailov's case that was predictable.

4. If you need to find out more about Mikhailov, then I think the 
starting points would, in this case, be reading through the various 
issues of the mentioned _Taedong kongbo_. A second step would be to 
check all Korean and Russian works on Korean communities in the Russian 
Far East.


Best,
Frank



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Frank Hoffmann
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