Focus on
Olga Gray and the Woolwich Arsenal Spy Ring
In 1938, thanks to years of work by a remarkable female agent, MI5 ensured a package of British defence plans stayed secret.
Series
Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics...
Catalogue reference: FO 447
What's it about?
FO 447
This series contains general correspondence from the British embassy and consulate in Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (formerly Russian empire). Includes out-letter books. There is no correspondence for the periods 1867 to 1880 and...
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
-
FO 447
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (formerly Russian Empire): General Correspondence
-
Date (When the record was created)
-
1857-1950
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
This series contains general correspondence from the British embassy and consulate in Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (formerly Russian empire). Includes out-letter books. There is no correspondence for the periods 1867 to 1880 and 1911 to 1959.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
-
Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
-
English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
-
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Moscow, Russia, 1857-1918
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1918-1968
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Russia, 1800-1854
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Russia, 1856-1918
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1924-1968
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
-
76 files and volumes
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
-
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
-
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))
-
- Topics
- International
- Asia
- Europe and Russia
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7761/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
689,247 records
Within the department: FO
Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office
You are currently looking at the series: FO 447
Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (formerly Russian Empire): General Correspondence
You may be interested in
-
-
Record revealed
The 1951 Refugee Convention
The 1951 Refugee Convention defined international obligations to refugees, but also exposed global tensions in a context of decolonisation and ongoing conflict. -
The story of
Anthony Blunt's confession
Security Service files paint a vivid picture of what happened when Anthony Blunt – then employed in the royal household – admitted spying for the Soviet Union.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.