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ff. 1-1v Proposal to take the religious things for church service, which should have been sent to Bari, and to install them in the sacristy of the Laura of St. Alexander Nevsky.
Includes marginal notes in Russian, green ink.

About the success of the British in Palestine and their intention to create a Sion state there. About the Orthodox population in this state, and the rights of Russian pilgrims. Russian translation of the same document (typewritten).

On the report of E. P. Kovalevsky. The author regards the question of Palestine as a part of the Arab question; the moods among the progressive Arabs. On the Russian interests - religious first of all. Russia should not aim at conquering Palestine,…

ff.1-1v About the existence of the Palestine Society, and the refusal of the Academy of Sciences to keep it under its protectorate, due to the difficulties with the properties of the Society.
On the printed form of the Academy of Sciences.

About a joint Russian-British archaeological expedition in Palestine. The question of financing it (probably by the Palestine Society), and of dividing the territories of works.
On the form of the Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople.

ff. 1 About the proposal of a joint Russian-British archaeological expedition to Palestine.
Include a note about sending an answer, and marginal notes in Russian and black ink.
On the form of the Palestine Society.

About the people, working for the Palestine Society and kept by the Turkish authorities as war prisoners; the money received for them from the Society. They were sent to Damask; now there is a plan to send them to Urfu; the hard conditions of life…

ff. 1-2 About the state of the Russian properties in Palestine after the beginning of the war. The Society interrupted any contacts after October 1914. The administration was left to K. Petropoulo and N. R. Seleznev. Consul Petrov by November 1, 1918…

ff. 1-2v About the necessity to found a research institution for exploration of Palestine. The head office should be in Russia, and the research institute in Jerusalem. The tasks of Jerusalem institute are to study the history of Palestine and the…

About the difficulties of the war time; lack of money in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem; the Russian nuns of Eleon and Ain-Karem and about 150 Russian pilgrims without food and money, are partly supported by the Patriarch. The Russian Mission.…