Timofey Petrovich Samsonov (1888–1955) is the father of Tatyana Timofeevna Krivosheina.
This page is built from a family album of photographs and documents (margin notes, certificates, a newspaper clipping).
Uncertain or incomplete readings are marked as such.
Young Timofey Petrovich. Studio Kapustinsky / Sheremetev, Moscow. Daughter’s note: “my dad,” “Samsonov Timofey Petrovich.”
Timeline (from the archive)
| Period | What the family papers show |
|---|---|
| 1888 | Year of birth (bust plaque) |
| summer 1910 | Imprisonment: Alexandrovsky Central, Siberia |
| Apr–Sep 1917 | Britain: Liverpool court; Expulsion Order (Whitehall, 28 Sep 1917) |
| 16 Jan 1919 | Certificate from Cheka chairman F. E. Dzerzhinsky (personal Colt revolver) |
| post-1917 / 1920s | Order of the Red Banner (VTsIK, M. Kalinin); security service work; photo with Dzerzhinsky |
| 20 Jun 1929 | Pravda article “On Dzerzhinsky,” signed SAMSONOV |
| service / later life | Official portrait with Bashkir ASSR Supreme Soviet Presidium stamp |
| 1955 | Year of death (bust plaque) |
Portraits
Youth
Early portrait: dark cap, tunic, badge. Family album.
Maturity
At a writing desk: jacket, pen, papers. Mid-life cabinet portrait.
Official suit portrait; stamp of the Bashkir ASSR Supreme Soviet Presidium on the sheet.
Later years and memory
Late portrait: bald, dark coat or jacket, three-quarter view.
Bust: “Timofey Petrovich Samsonov, 1888–1955.” Below — his daughter’s handwritten verses about papa.
Partial reading of the verses (to be completed from a sharper scan):
Verses about papa, written…
Do you remember, papa, a quiet evening…
…stars and the moon…
…we sat together…
1910. Alexandrovsky Central
Alexandrovsky Central (Siberia). Album note: “Father was imprisoned here in the summer of 1910.”
1917. Britain and expulsion
Expulsion Order (Aliens Act 1905). Liverpool Police Court — 7 April 1917; Whitehall — 28 September 1917. Name forms: Tomofi Sainsanov / Samsonov; also Michael Nemchinoff.
1919 and Dzerzhinsky
16 January 1919: Cheka chairman F. E. Dzerzhinsky presents comrade T. P. Samsonov with his personal Colt revolver No. 75350.
Three men in winter coats. Family note: “F. E. Dzerzhinsky, Belenky, Papa” (papa on the right).
Same album: F. E. Dzerzhinsky with his wife on a bench (labels on the print). Not Tatyana’s parents — a historical image from her father’s circle/collection.
Decorations and service papers
Order of the Red Banner diploma (VTsIK) for Timofey Petrovich Samsonov. Signed by M. Kalinin.
GPU collegium form: badge for Timofey Petrovich Samsonov for struggle against counter-revolution (per document text).
1929. Pravda
Pravda, 20 June 1929. Article “On Dzerzhinsky,” signed SAMSONOV — kept in the family as the father’s text.
Daughter — the next generation
T. T. Krivosheina — senior lecturer, Institute of Steel and Alloys. From the same family set.
The patronymic Timofeevna ties her life to his. Her teaching career is a separate chapter of the archive; this portrait already records her professional standing.
How to read this biography
These are family materials: document photos, margin notes by his daughter, and commemorative images.
They show a man of heavy historical weight — and a father remembered as papa in an album of verse and portraits.
Next: Bashkir service and bust location; full poem text; mother Eva Konstantinovna; cross-checks of the British order and name variants.
See also: Father and mother · Photo album · Documents.