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Series
British Council: Registered Files, Uzbekistan
Catalogue reference: BW 223
What's it about?
BW 223
Headquarters files relating to British Council policy and activities in Uzbekistan, including correspondence with the British Council Director based in Uzbekistan.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BW 223
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, Uzbekistan
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1992–1999
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Description (What the record is about)
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Headquarters files relating to British Council policy and activities in Uzbekistan, including correspondence with the British Council Director based in Uzbekistan.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Previously the British Council coordinated activities in the member states of the USSR via the Soviet Relations Committee. These records can be found in series BW 2
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- UZB prefix
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and Russian
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- British Council, 1936-1936
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2019 British Council
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Asia
- Europe and Russia
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Created by British Council headquarters, and retained in off-site storage until transfer
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Selected under The National Archives Records Collection Policy, meeting criteria 3.1.1: significant records concerning international relations
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The British Council has been active in Uzbekistan since 1993; work in the country was originally the responsibility of the representative for Turkey. An administrative centre opened in Uzbekistan in 1997.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16124484/
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British Council: Registered Files, Uzbekistan
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