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1 item (enclosure in J Savile Lumley's despatch no 65 of 28 September 1864) extracted...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/159
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure in J Savile Lumley's despatch no 65 of 28 September 1864) extracted... dating from 1864 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPK 1/159
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1864
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure in J Savile Lumley's despatch no 65 of 28 September 1864) extracted from FO 65/662. Map of the Russian Empire, showing military districts, terrain, waterways and telegraph communications. Title interwoven with delicate lines and foliage. General reference table to conventional signs; reference table to military districts in Caucasus; table of distances by rail. Insets: Siberia; St Petersburg. Drawn by A P Shevelev, Lt Col of the [Russian] General Staff. Lithographed by Emcheninov, St Petersburg, 1864. Printed by A Stepanov. Passed by the censor at St Petersburg on 5 August 1864. A pencilled note states that the map was issued as supplement to the Regulations for Military Districts [issued on 6/18 August 1864].
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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)
- Russian
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 70 cm x 55 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:5040000
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 49.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980180/
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MPK 1
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