Claim: Helge von Koch was a Russian scientist who's father, Richert Vogt von Kock, was a college professor.
Evidence: Niels Fabian Helge von Koch (25 January 1870 – 11 March 1924) was a Swedish mathematician who gave his name to the famous fractal known as the Koch snowflake, one of the earliest fractal curves to be described. 
His father, Richert Vogt von Koch (1838–1913) was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Horse Guards of Sweden. 
Swedish Mathematician