Item RU-AVPRI/180/3347/ff358-366v - Analysis of Khitrovo's proposal to construct Russian cemetery on the Mount of Olives

1 item, fol. 358-366v

Report and notice by Khitrovo and letter from Zinoviev to Khitrovo; analysis of Khitrovo's proposal to construct Russian cemetery on the Mount of Olives. Orthodox, Catholics, Armenians and Protestants are buried on Mount Zion, conflicts, there were no limits between different cemeteries, enclosure was constructed only in 1892; thefts and desecration of graves, there is no enough place in Russian part, consulate pays 40 francs to Greek Patriarchate for every funeral for Russian pilgrims, every year there are about 50 pilgrims died in Russian hospital, Greek Patriarchate opposes to construction of Russian cemetery, Ottoman legislation about cemeteries. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.G. Yakovlev; Recipient: Russian ambassador in Constantinople I.A. Zinoviev.