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Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics...
Catalogue reference: FO 447
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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...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 447
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (formerly Russian Empire): General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1857-1950
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- 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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 76 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure 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/C7761/
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