Photo of the Mayor of Odessa Valerian Nikolaevich Ligin. 1895.

Odessa, photo by V. Chekhovsky. 1895.

Photo: 13.5 x 9.2 cm. Passe-partout: 16.1 x 11.1 cm.
The photo is pasted on a branded passe-partout of the V. Chekhovsky's photo studio in the Sepich's house on Deribasovskaya street in Odessa. Facsimile stamp of the photographer at the bottom right.
On the photo below, dedication in black ink in French "Offert á Monsieur Éduard Lery lors de sa gracieuse / visite á Odessa le 2/14 février 1895 par V. Liguine".

Valerian Mikhailovich Ligin (1846-1900) was a professor of mechanics at the University of Novorossiysk. He became the mayor of Odessa in 1895.