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

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)…

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…

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,…

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).

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

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

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