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Eastern Department
Catalogue reference: Division within FCO
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Division within FCO
The Soviet Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was established in 1984 when the Eastern European and Soviet Department split into two separate departments. In 1992 the Soviet Department changed its name to the Eastern Department on...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within FCO
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Title (The name of the record)
- Eastern Department
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1992-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Soviet Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was established in 1984 when the Eastern European and Soviet Department split into two separate departments. In 1992 the Soviet Department changed its name to the Eastern Department on the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
In 2006 the department changed its name to the Russia, South Caucasus and Central Asia Department.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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
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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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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16826215/
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