Identity area
Reference code
RU-AVPRI/180/1858/ff89-91
Title
Project of opening an Athens bank in Jerusalem
Date(s)
- 1912-08-20-1912-08-20 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, fol. 89-91
Context area
Name of creator
(19th century - 1914)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Secret report, project of opening of Athens bank in Jerusalem; despite of little trade and poverty of population there are 4 international banks in Jerusalem: "Crédit Lyonnais", Ottoman bank, Anglo-Palestine bank, Deutsche Palastina-Bank and local bankers; description of banks. Greek bank is probably will cooperate with Greek Patriarchate, that collaborated before only with "Crédit Lyonnais"; banks. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.F. Kruglov; Recipient: Russian Ambassador in Constantinople M.N. Girs.