a personal letter in which he demands to expel vitkevich and never again accept foreign words.hout the knowledge of the government of british india, in response, mohammed will accept vitkevich with all conceivable signs of friendship and respect between russia and afghanistan, the union treaty of the first-born is sent out a strong protest against the hostile activities of viktorovich, which seriously threatens relations between the two powers. this is almost verbatim quote the british foreign office demanded from st. petersburg immediately and the russian ambassador in tehran. and nikolai cannot withstand the pressure of the british; he declares vitkevich's action to be arbitrariness and withdraws the russian guarantees from the agreement with the householder. russia gives afghanistan for the first time. on may 1, 1839, ivan vetkevich arrived in st. petersburg and settled in the paris hotel on malaya morskaya street with him. he brought an extensive archive of travel records to kabul bukhara and persia. morning 9 may vikevich was found in his room, shot according to the offici