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Instruction for the new consul;
New distribution of functions between the consulate and Russian bishop;
Subordination of vice-consulates.
Russian date: 1860-04-07.

Organisation of the Grand Duc Constantin's visit in Jerusalem and local reaction.
Russian date 1859-04-04.

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.

Opinion of Jerusalem's Patriarch about necessity to create a Russian consulate in Jerusalem.
Russian date 1858-01-20.

Investiture of the futur consul in Jerusalem;
Personality of the potential consul Marabuti;
Role of the Russian Black Sea Steamship Company;
Futur Russian acquisitions in Jerusalem.
Russian date 1858-03-11.

Conversation between Russian consul in Jerusalem Dorgoboujinov and French ambassador in Constantinople Thouvenel about reconstruction of the Holy Sepulchre's dome.
Russian date 1858-08-12.

Financial situation of the Russian consul in Jerusalem;
Daily needs and budget of the consulate.
Russian date 1859-01-15.

Order and Russian Synod's order; photographer Ivan Itshenko asks to pay photos made by order of archimandrite Antonin Kapustin, Chief of Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem. Sender: Asian department of the Russian foreign ministry Recipient: Russian consulate general in Jerusalem.

Report and copies of reports in Constantinople; tax for street lighting and sweeping out of Jerusalem walls; governor demands to pay it since 1 March, before approbation by consulates and announcement. Owners of buildings out of the walls pay big taxes, habitants inside the walls have a privilege. Local authorities want to take fines from Russian subjects without consul's mediation, question about jurisdiction for foreigners who possess houses, local officials demand bakshish. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.G. Yakovlev Recipient: Nicholas Genrikhovich Hartwig, director of First (Asian) department of the Russian foreign ministry.

Copy of a report; governor Tevfik-Bey's arrangements about Jews arriving in Jerusalem, caimacam and police take bribes and let them enter, private persons help Jews in their affairs with local administration. Governor orders to 1. make lists with names and distinctive marks of arriving Jews, 2. Jew must find a local guarantor and leave Palestine in a month, 3. Jew must give his own guarantee, 4. Jew must deposit his passport, 5. if there is no local guarantor, Jew must pawn something valuable, 6. guarantee is executed by Jaffa notary public, 7. guarantees are conserved by special commission, 8. commission reports to governor; Jewish immigration, local administration. Sender: Russian vice-consul in Jaffa N.I. Strebulaev Recipient: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.G. Yakovlev.