Identity area
Reference code
RU-AVPRI/142/391/ff1-10
Title
File about taxation for street lighting in Jerusalem
Date(s)
- 1906-02-22-1906-02-22 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 item, fol. 1-10
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Scope and content
Report and copies of reports in Constantinople; tax for street lighting and sweeping out of Jerusalem walls; governor demands to pay it since 1 March, before approbation by consulates and announcement. Owners of buildings out of the walls pay big taxes, habitants inside the walls have a privilege. Local authorities want to take fines from Russian subjects without consul's mediation, question about jurisdiction for foreigners who possess houses, local officials demand bakshish. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.G. Yakovlev Recipient: Nicholas Genrikhovich Hartwig, director of First (Asian) department of the Russian foreign ministry.
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Language of material
Russian