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Report from Russian minister in Constantinople A.P. Bouteneff to Russian foreign minister A.M. Gortchakov, February 1st, 1858

Creation of the Russian consulate in Jerusalem for protection of Russian subjects and relations with Ottoman administration;
Opinion of Jerusalem's Patriarch on this event: he thinks that only Russia doesn't have consulate in Jerusalem, but it's necessary for the effective activity of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission and assistance for Russian pilgrims; Russian agent in Jaffa Marabuti is transfered to Jerusalem in the new consulate.
Russian date 1858-01-20.

Copy of the intstruction for the first Russian consul in Jerusalem from Russian minister in Constantinople A.P. Bouteneff to Russian consul in Jerusalem V.A. Dorgoboujinov, August 9, 1858

His double function: usual consulate activity and assistance to the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission; protection and jurisdiction over Russian subjects; assistance in trials between Russian and Ottoman subjects; private assistance for non-Russian Orthodox; control on the behaviour of Russian pilgrims in Jerusalem; relations with local power, European consulates and religious authorities in Jerusalem.

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