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This dacha consisted of 1559 desiatinas.

According to the 1794 report, this dacha consisted of 767 desiatinas.

This dacha consisted of 3,355 desiatinas (nearly 10,000 fertile acres) in or near the villages of Karagoz & Gasambaj.

No notes on the size or characteristics of the property included in the 1794 document.

It seems Catherine and Potemkin granted several dachas in this area (and with this name). A dacha of 657 desiatinas is attested in 1792. Another consisted of 1,091 desiatinas; the third consisted of 500 desiatinas near the villages of Isliam Terek an...

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

Women are rarely mentioned in the documents describing noble status, but they are all over the cases described in the Senate confirmation lists. Throughout "Beautiful Spaces" I have used a very basic tag - "women" - to mark Items in which a woman is…

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).

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…