Anatoly Koni, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anatoly Koni

Russian jurist, judge, politician and writer

Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1844

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 17-Sep-1927

Profession: judge, jurist, statesperson, public figure, university teacher, literary, orator

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Anatoly Fedorovich Koni (Russian: ?????´??? ????????? ??´??, 1844–1927) was a Russian jurist, judge, politician and writer.
He was the most politically influential jurist of the late Russian Empire and a leading Russian liberal.Anatoly Koni was the son of the noted dramatist Fyodor Koni.
Among the public offices Koni held was prosecutor at the district court of Kharkiv since 1867, vice director of the Ministry of Justice since 1875, presiding judge of the district court of Saint Petersburg since 1878, and member of the State Council since 1907.
He taught at the Imperial School of Law and at the University of Saint Petersburg.Koni led the investigation into the 1888 Borki train disaster and presided over the 1878 jury trial against the revolutionary and attempted assassin Vera Zasulich.
As a jurist, Konin was instrumental in liberalizing Russian criminal law, notably in the form of the revised criminal code of 1903.
As a member of several reform commissions, he defended judicial independence and the trial by jury.
Due to his influence, prison sentences were reduced and special establishments for juvenile criminals were introduced towards the end of the 19th century.
While he supported the liberals' call for a constitutional order in Russia, he declined an appointment as Minister of Justice in the government of Pyotr Stolypin in 1906.As a writer, Koni composed poems, works of literary criticism and multiple volumes of memoirs.



Alternative names	Russian: ???? ???????? ?????
Description	Russian-Ukrainian painter, sculptor and essayist
Date of birth/death	24 July 1844 (in Julian calendar)	29 September 1930
Location of birth/death	Chuhuiv	Repino
Work location	Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Chuhuiv
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