Identity area
Reference code
RU-AVPRI/180/1845/ff31-31v
Title
About fighting between Greeks and Copts on 1st April
Date(s)
- 1900-04-04-1900-04-04 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, fol. 31-31v
Context area
Name of creator
(19th century - 1914)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Report; fighting between Greeks and Copts on 1 April on the eve of Palm Sunday, Greeks break Copt altar, bustle, shouts about fire and massacre of Christians, police and soldiers separate fighters; religious situation, public order. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.G. Yakovlev; Recipient: Russian ambassador in Constantinople I.A. Zinoviev.