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2 items (originally illustrating report on the armed strength of the Russian Empire,...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/113
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This record is about the 2 items (originally illustrating report on the armed strength of the Russian Empire,... dating from 1886-1894 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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- MFQ 1/113
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1886-1894
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 items (originally illustrating report on the armed strength of the Russian Empire, by J M Grierson, Captain Royal Artillery, 1894) extracted from FO 881/6581X (1) ID 877. 'Map of European Russia showing railways and military districts 1894'. Lithographed, coloured. Reference table. Scale: 1:6,300,000. Compiled and lithographed at the Intelligence Division, War Office, December 1891. Revised December 1894. The area shown is now in Russia, Finland and Poland. (2) IDWO 564. 'Map of Asiatic Russia showing Military Districts'. Shows area between the Baltic, the Caspian and Pacific Coast. Reference table to railways, boundaries, fortified places, telegraphs. Scale: 1:10,083,363. Lithographed at the Intelligence Dept. War Office, July 1886. Revised December 1894. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 61 cm x 46 cm; (2) 59 cm x 88.5 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- (1) Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 187.
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MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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