Quotes:Hahn, Yevgeniy Fyodorovich von

Zirkoff, Boris

Hahn, Yevgeniy Fyodorovich von (pronounced Gan in Russia). Russian Senator and Civil Administrator, b. October 15, 1807 (old style); d. December 6, 1874 (old style). Graduated with honors from the Lyceum of Tsarskoye Syelo, 1826, starting his career in the Ministry of International Affairs. Served for a number of years in various Departments of the Government, such as those of Government Properties, the Office of Foreign Settlers, and the Chancellery of the Emperor. Appointed Senator, 1860, and served in the Department of Heraldry and other sub-divisions of the Governing Senate. In 1868, became presiding Senator in the 2nd Dpt. of the Senate. Married to Yevgeny a Florovna Dolivo-Dobrovolsky; their only daughter was Yevgenya Yevgenyevna von Hahn, Lady in Waiting at the Imperial Court, who remained unmarried.

Senator von Hahn was a first cousin of H.P.B.’s father, Peter Alexeyevich von Hahn.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 3, p. 510