Archival Core

The fondy and delo from which the documentary core of the project are drawn. The archival materials were accessed over the course of a series of visits to Russia and Ukraine between 2003 and 2011.

Fond 49 includes documents pertaining to the administrative concerns, appointments, elections to the noble assembly, the submission of petitions for noble status (some 273 cases), further documentation of such petitions, acceptance of such petitions…

Contents of this delo: List of those confirmed as nobles by decree of the Governing Senate and by decree of the Heraldry Office, 1839-1841 List of those confirmed as nobles by decree of the Governing Senate and by decree of the Heraldry Office,…

The noble assembly of each province was tasked with maintaining an official register of all resident nobles (as opposed to a register of all nobles who owned land in the province, which was another story altogether). The register (rodoslovnaia kniga)…

Rodoslovnye knigi (noble registers) and inventories of individuals included in the dvorianstvo (nobility), 1683-1917

The reports were compiled by the provincial government (such as it was) between 1791 and 1794. There are nine reports in the delo, running 123 listy (146 pages): Report on state fruit gardens and vineyards at Ai-Dere, with notes on previous…