Photograph of General Fyodor Trepov. He is standing with his head turned slightly to the left and his left arm resting on the table beside him. He is wearing military uniform with epaulettes and insignia and is holding a helmet with a feathered plume in his right hand. There is a coat on the table. During his early military career General Fyodor Trepov was involved in the suppression of a number of Polish uprisings. He was the Governor of St Petersburg between 1873 and 1878 and survived an assassination attempt in 1878.