Tichkevitch

Research Status: Basic Last Updated: 2025-07-06 Diary Coverage: Up to 1874-04-28

Identity

Person mocked along with Mlle Kolokolzoff by Marie's social circle.

Diary References

1874

• April 28: Subject of mockery by group at Marie's house, along with Kolokolzoff and "le zéro."

Context

• Social outcast or figure of fun
• Part of Russian expatriate community
• Associated with Kolokolzoff
• Target of group ridicule

Research Notes

• Russian/Polish naming (-vitch suffix)
• Social dynamics in Nice
• Expatriate community hierarchies

Comte Michel Tichkevitch

Marie names him in full on 27 February 1874: «le prince Wittgenstein et le comte Michel Tichkevitch, suivis de leurs cocottes», adding «le comte est un très bel homme, le plus grand des grands, le seul qui conviendrait comme mari pour l'Obélisque, sa maîtresse est sèche, assez âgée, comme Rosalie Léon» (017/1874-02-27). On 8 March 1874 she says «Tichkevitch est très beau» (017/1874-03-08). He is still in Nice in May 1877 and takes his leave on 22 May (071/1877-05-22). The former entry COUNT_MICHEL_TICHKEVITCH is merged here.