Siberian Prisonners of 1800s

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On March 24, 2018
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1854, archives, Criminals, GARF, RSL, Russia, Russian Empire, Russian Genealogist, Russian Genealogy, Siberia, Ukraine

Nerchinsk Mining District (Нерченский Горный Округ) was from the 1747 the private property of Russian Royal family, located in Eastern Siberia, current part of Chita region https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA It was the silver and gold mines for the Royal family. 92000 square miles of harsh Siberian taiga. Why we are interested in this place? Because it was […]

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On March 20, 2018
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Last week we found documents about Siberian imprisonment in 1870s; rural life in Ukraine in 1912; Jewish life in Odessa in 1890s; military service in Soviet Army in 1930s; white Russians immigration in 1920s in Serbia and China. Need something like that from that part of the world? Just let us know, we will tell […]

Siberian Prisonners of 1800s

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