Howard Family certificate of citizenship

Scope and Content

Comprises a parchment certificate of honorary Russian citizenship awarded by Alexander II to Vasilii Osipovich Govard (Howard) and his family, of Medyn' (Kaluga Government), 1867

Administrative / Biographical History

The Howard family were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of the British Records Association, May 1984

Note

In Russian

Other Finding Aids

A more detailed listing of the contents is available in the Leeds Russian Archive online catalogue http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/lra/index.htm

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