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Bossoli's album is a rarity: no more than 500 copies were printed in 1856. The album consisted of 52 watercolors and pastels.

Owned by General N. N. Raevksii, hero of the battle of Borodino. Located near Foros.

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

190 Greeks abandoned this area in 1778.

A dacha composed of 1,048 desiatinas (2,831 acres), of which 100% was considered suitable for cultivation.

Mainland districts: Dneprovsk and Melitopol'
Peninsular districts: Perekop, Feodosiia, SImferopol', Evpatoriia

District towns for Dneprovsk and Melitopol' are not marked. Aleshki is on the map, but is shown as a village.

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)…