Identity area
Reference code
RU-AVPRI/180/1839/ff64-68v
Title
Description of a Russian colony in Jerusalem (except Jews)
Date(s)
- 1894-08-22-1894-08-22 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, fol. 64-68v
Context area
Name of creator
(19th century - 1914)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Report and table; description of Russian colony in Jerusalem (except Jews), female pilgrims stay for working in RIPPO's institutions, Greek monasteries and foreign consulates, they live in monasteries on their own resources, problem of expired passports, difficulty to expulse them because of their illness, poverty, old age, they contribute to diffuse Russian language in Holy Land. Consul asks for authorization to issue new passports; Russian presence and culture influence in Holy Land. Sender: acting Russian consul in Jerusalem A.G. Yakovlev; Recipient: Russian ambassador in Constantinople A.I. Nelidov.