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The Guardianship Committee of Foreign Settlers in South Russia

Compiled March 2002 by Tim Janzen & Tatyana Makarenko

1809

File 449. File concerning money awarded to the settlers Wilhelm Giesbrecht and Gabriel Sagner of New Russia for their achievements in silkworm breeding.

  1. Instructions from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Guardianship Office (copy) about the reward given to W. Giesbrecht of Nieder Chortitza and G. Sagner of Nahichevan and the answer from the Guardianship Office to the Ministry.
  2. Correspondence from the Guardianship Office with the Ekaterinoslav Local Treasury, the Ekaterinoslav State House, the inspectors of the colonies, Mr. Develdeev and Mr. Gsell, the District Mayor of the Chortitza Colonies, Mr. Siemens, and the Nahichevan Armenian Magistrate about recipients of the awards receiving 75 rubles.

These documents are written in both Russian and German.
30 Jul 1809 to 18 Aug 1810. 20 pages. 39 frames.

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Last Updated 23 Mar 2002

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