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This dacha consisted of 4,706 desiatinas (12,690 acres) of land suitable for cultivation.

A dacha composed of 1,663 desiatinas (4,491 acres), of which 84% was considered suitable for cultivation.

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small shop or store

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

The typographical error. Here we find Abduraim Aga Khodzhaev on the list of confirmed nobles of Tavrida. It doesn't seem too much of a stretch to assume him to be one and the same as Abduraman Aga Kodzhaev, who was inscribed in the noble register in…

Not only are women hard to find in the written record: often, just when you've found one, she slips out of view. Such is the case with Bakhty Sultan, daughter of Sali Bey [clan unknown], wife of Sefirşa Mirza Şirin, and mother to at least one son. We…

Inscribed in part 3 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for those who attained civil rank of 8 or higher).

Inscribed in part 2 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for those whose noble status was defined by military service).