Nikolai Pavlovich Schmidt

He apparently committed suicide in suspicious circumstances whilst in prison expecting imminent release.

His father Pavel Aleksandrovich Schmidt married Vera Vikulovna Morozova, the heiress of a rich Old Believer family.

Viktor Taratuta was assigned by the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin to secure the inheritance, which he did by courting and living with Schmidt's 19-year-old sister, Yekaterina (1887–1937) - though his status as a wanted revolutionary prevented them from marrying.

[3] The dead man also had a 15 years brother, Aleksey, who met Lenin and Taratuta in Vyborg with his lawyers.

This accusation was investigated by Vladimir Burtsev, the RSDLP's specialist in exposing police agents, who concluded that he was a scoundrel, but not a spy.