Anatoly Koni

Among the public offices Koni held was prosecutor at the district court of Kharkov 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.

[1] 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.

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.