Identity area
Reference code
RU-AVPRI/180/3347/ff584-586
Title
About a proposal to buy 2 lots on Mount Zion
Date(s)
- 1902-07-31-1902-07-31 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, fol. 584-586
Context area
Name of creator
(19th century - 1914)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Confidential Report; proposal to buy 2 lots on Mount Zion: one of them is former American cemetery, in 1897 American consul wanted to sell it to Franciscans and started to remove bones to English cemetery, families and Greek Patriarchate are discontented. Russian consul apprehends difficulties with this lot and wants to bring down the price, but he is interested, since Russia doesn't have lots on Mount Zion. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.G. Yakovlev; Recipient: Russian ambassador in Constantinople I.A. Zinoviev.