Archive of foreign policy of the Russian Empire reading room. An annotated list of published materials and documents from the Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Empire on Russia's visa policy in the 19th - early 20th centuries. Main storage room

Address: Moscow, Bolshaya Serpukhovskaya street, building 15. Postal code 115093.

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The archive in St. Petersburg (PKID) had documents with an active period and diplomatic correspondence, the period of which was three years.

In 1720, the KID created instructions for the archivist “On the disassembly and description of files in the archives of the College.” The first was translator A.D. Poychanov. He had to restore order first in KID, then in MAKID, where all documents were bound in books:

In addition, the instructions indicated the address of the PKID: on Vasilyevsky Island, in the house of the “Twelve Collegiums”:

The geographical location of MAKID has also been determined. In the first half of the 18th century, it was located in the Prikazov building in the Kremlin, after which it moved to the Rostov courtyard. Then - until the 1870s in the chambers of E. Ukraintsev at the address: Khokhlovsky Lane, building 7.

All documents that had expired were transported from KID to MAKID. MAKID's staff consisted of six people, most of them translators, since the documents were available in different languages. The board also stated:

From 1740 to 1760, the head of MAKID was M. G. Sobakin. He carried out an active analysis and inventory of documents, as a result of which the archive became the historical and cultural center of the city until the 1825s. MAKID was also the first archive in Russia to begin publishing documents. In the 1770s, N.I. Novikov worked here. In 1811, N.P. Rumyantsev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, contributed to the formation of the Commission for the Printing of State Letters and Treaties, where diplomatic papers of the state were printed. importance. During the 19th century, the commission published 5 volumes containing state charters and agreements. After working at MAKID, I had the opportunity to go to other countries to get an education.

On April 10, 1832, according to the decree, the archive of the Russian Foreign Ministry was divided into three parts: two were located in St. Petersburg, the other in Moscow. The Moscow Main Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MGAMID) contained documents from 1256 to 1801.

In 1870, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received the premises of the Moscow Mining Administration on Vozdvizhenka. Then the building was rebuilt and in 1875 the Moscow Main Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was located here.

On July 3, 1914, the law on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was adopted, which approved the functions of archives. According to which, the main archive in St. Petersburg began to store documents from 1801 to 1832 and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Moscow Main Archive should have contained documents from 1256 to 1801. Until 1917, certificates for the Russian Foreign Ministry were made here. In 1916, 110 researchers worked at MGAMID.

In September 1917, the Provisional Government divided documents from the archives in Petrograd into three ways: to the Moscow State Academy of Foreign Affairs, to the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery in the city of Kirillov, the other remained in the city. In 1921, documents from the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery were transported to the archives in Moscow, and in 1922 from Petrograd. Thus, the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are collected in Moscow.

From 1920 to 1925, the archives were under the control of the State Archive of the RSFSR, then - the Archive of Trees. In 1933, the archive was divided into two separate archives.

Since 1941, the Central State Archive of Ancient Acts has been united [ ] . The archive was evacuated to Samara.

Since 1992, the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts [ ] . Subsequently it became known as the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire.

Reconstruction took place in 2015. The reconstruction was completed in September 2016. The opening ceremony of the new building was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V. Lavrov.

At the moment, the AVPRI contains 400 funds (a guide to the funds was published in a limited edition in 1996) and collections with a total volume of about 600,000 storage units (files), which are diplomatic documents, mainly in originals, incl. reports to the “highest name”, rescripts on foreign policy issues, instructions to diplomatic and consular representatives, their reports to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reports on international conferences with the participation of Russia, musical correspondence, annual reports of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, etc. The Archive contains collections of documentary materials of prominent Russian diplomats, statesmen and public figures, military leaders, scientists, writers, as well as a collection of microfilms received as part of international exchange.

Publishing activity

The study of archival materials began with the Decree of Empress Catherine II of January 28, 1779 to the archive manager, academician G.F. Miller, “to establish a collection of all Russian treatises, conventions and other similar acts.”

In 1811, on the initiative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs N.P. Rumyantsev, the “College for Printing State Charters and Treaties” was created. Already in 1813, N.N. Bantysh-Kamensky published the first part of the collection “Review of Russia’s foreign relations (up to 1800)” (4 volumes in total).

In 1861 – 1862 4 issues of “Letters from Russian Sovereigns and Other Persons of the Royal Family” were published.

From 1867 to 1916 Volume 148 of the "Collection of the Russian Historical Society" was published.

From 1874 – 1896 – 15 volumes “Collection of treatises and conventions concluded by Russia with foreign powers” ​​under the direction of Professor F.F. Martens.

In December 1917, “Collections of Secret Treaties from the Archives of the Former Ministry of Foreign Affairs” were published. In the 30s, the 20-volume series “International Relations in the Age of Imperialism, Documents and Materials from the Archives of the Tsarist and Provisional Government of 1878 – 1917” was published.

From 1957 to the present, “Foreign Policy of Russia in the 19th – Early 20th Centuries. Documents of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs” (16 volumes), etc., has been published.

AVPRI has extensive international connections in the field of publishing activities - publishing joint collections, holding bilateral exhibitions on friendly relations with a particular country, exchanging copies of historical documents with foreign archives.

Notable workers

From 1770 to 1850, the following people worked here: N. I. Novikov, P. B. Kozlovsky, D. P. Severin, the Kireevsky brothers, P. M. Stroev, K. F. Kalaidovich, M. P. Pogodin, D. V. Venevitinov, A. K. Tolstoy, Decembrist N. I. Turgenev, N. P. Ogarev, A. N. Afanasyev.

A. S. Pushkin in May 1836 worked in the archives of Moscow. From 1831 to 1837 in St. Petersburg, where he was looking for materials about Emelyan Pugachev.

A. I. Koshelev spoke about the archive:

Access to the archive

At the moment, Russian and foreign researchers can gain access to the archive. Russian researchers are required to provide an official letter of recommendation from the sending organization (educational institution, media, etc.) indicating the chronological framework and topic of the work; in addition, it is advisable to indicate the numbers of those funds with which the researcher will work. As for foreign researchers, they are also required to provide a letter of recommendation, but from a “well-known scientific, educational or public organization,” and when working in the archive, they must indicate the address of temporary registration or residence in Moscow. The decision on the admission of each researcher is made within a month, but can be made in a shorter period of time.

The new reading room is designed for approximately 15-20 workplaces

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Address: Moscow, Bolshaya Serpukhovskaya street, building 15. Postal code 115093.

The archive in St. Petersburg (PKID) had documents with an active period and diplomatic correspondence, the period of which was three years.

In 1720, the KID created instructions for the archivist “On the disassembly and description of files in the archives of the College.” The first was translator A.D. Poychanov. He had to restore order first in KID, then in MAKID, where all documents were bound in books:

In addition, the instructions indicated the address of the PKID: on Vasilyevsky Island, in the house of the “Twelve Collegiums”:

The geographical location of MAKID has also been determined. In the first half of the 18th century, it was located in the Prikazov building in the Kremlin, after which it moved to the Rostov courtyard. Then - until the 1870s in the chambers of E. Ukraintsev at the address: Khokhlovsky Lane, building 7.

All documents that had expired were transported from KID to MAKID. MAKID's staff consisted of six people, most of them translators, since the documents were available in different languages. The board also stated:

From 1740 to 1760, the head of MAKID was M. G. Sobakin. He carried out an active analysis and inventory of documents, as a result of which the archive became the historical and cultural center of the city until the 1825s. MAKID was also the first archive in Russia to begin publishing documents. In the 1770s, N.I. Novikov worked here. In 1811, N.P. Rumyantsev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, contributed to the formation of the Commission for the Printing of State Letters and Treaties, where diplomatic papers of the state were printed. importance. During the 19th century, the commission published 5 volumes containing state charters and agreements. After working at MAKID, I had the opportunity to go to other countries to get an education.

On April 10, 1832, according to the decree, the archive of the Russian Foreign Ministry was divided into three parts: two were located in St. Petersburg, the other in Moscow. The Moscow Main Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MGAMID) contained documents from 1256 to 1801.

In 1870, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received the premises of the Moscow Mining Administration on Vozdvizhenka. Then the building was rebuilt and in 1875 the Moscow Main Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was located here.

On July 3, 1914, the law on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was adopted, which approved the functions of archives. According to which, the main archive in St. Petersburg began to store documents from 1801 to 1832 and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Moscow Main Archive should have contained documents from 1256 to 1801. Until 1917, certificates for the Russian Foreign Ministry were made here. In 1916, 110 researchers worked at MGAMID.

In September 1917, the Provisional Government divided documents from the archives in Petrograd into three ways: to the Moscow State Academy of Foreign Affairs, to the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery in the city of Kirillov, the other remained in the city. In 1921, documents from the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery were transported to the archives in Moscow, and in 1922 from Petrograd. Thus, the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are collected in Moscow.

From 1920 to 1925, the archives were under the control of the State Archive of the RSFSR, then - the Archive of Trees. In 1933, the archive was divided into two separate archives.

Since 1941, the Central State Archive of Ancient Acts has been united [ ] . The archive was evacuated to Samara.

Since 1992, the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts [ ] . Subsequently it became known as the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire.

Reconstruction took place in 2015. The reconstruction was completed in September 2016. The opening ceremony of the new building was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V. Lavrov.

At the moment, the AVPRI contains 400 funds (a guide to the funds was published in a limited edition in 1996) and collections with a total volume of about 600,000 storage units (files), which are diplomatic documents, mainly in originals, incl. reports to the “highest name”, rescripts on foreign policy issues, instructions to diplomatic and consular representatives, their reports to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reports on international conferences with the participation of Russia, musical correspondence, annual reports of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, etc. The Archive contains collections of documentary materials of prominent Russian diplomats, statesmen and public figures, military leaders, scientists, writers, as well as a collection of microfilms received as part of international exchange.

The study of archival materials began with the Decree of Empress Catherine II of January 28, 1779 to the archive manager, academician G.F. Miller, “to establish a collection of all Russian treatises, conventions and other similar acts.”

In 1811, on the initiative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs N.P. Rumyantsev, the “College for Printing State Charters and Treaties” was created. Already in 1813, N.N. Bantysh-Kamensky published the first part of the collection “Review of Russia’s foreign relations (up to 1800)” (4 volumes in total).

In 1861 – 1862 4 issues of “Letters from Russian Sovereigns and Other Persons of the Royal Family” were published.

From 1867 to 1916 Volume 148 of the "Collection of the Russian Historical Society" was published.

From 1874 – 1896 – 15 volumes “Collection of treatises and conventions concluded by Russia with foreign powers” ​​under the direction of Professor F.F. Martens.

In December 1917, “Collections of Secret Treaties from the Archives of the Former Ministry of Foreign Affairs” were published. In the 30s, the 20-volume series “International Relations in the Age of Imperialism, Documents and Materials from the Archives of the Tsarist and Provisional Government of 1878 – 1917” was published.

From 1957 to the present, “Foreign Policy of Russia in the 19th – Early 20th Centuries. Documents of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs” (16 volumes), etc., has been published.

AVPRI has extensive international connections in the field of publishing activities - publishing joint collections, holding bilateral exhibitions on friendly relations with a particular country, exchanging copies of historical documents with foreign archives.

From 1770 to 1850, the following people worked here: N. I. Novikov, P. B. Kozlovsky, D. P. Severin, the Kireevsky brothers, P. M. Stroev, K. F. Kalaidovich, M. P. Pogodin, D. V. Venevitinov, A. K. Tolstoy, Decembrist N. I. Turgenev, N. P. Ogarev, A. N. Afanasyev.

A. S. Pushkin in May 1836 worked in the archives of Moscow. From 1831 to 1837 in St. Petersburg, where he was looking for materials about Emelyan Pugachev.

Young men from many wealthy families worked here: the Golitsyns, Dolgorukys, Volkonskys, Trubetskoys, Gagarins, Novosiltsevs, Tolstoys, Bulgakovs - they were called “archive youths”. A. S. Pushkin used this expression in the novel “Eugene Onegin” in the seventh chapter:

At the moment, Russian and foreign researchers can gain access to the archive. Russian researchers are required to provide an official letter of recommendation from the sending organization (educational institution, media, etc.) indicating the chronological framework and topic of the work; in addition, it is advisable to indicate the numbers of those funds with which the researcher will work. As for foreign researchers, they are also required to provide a letter of recommendation, but from a “well-known scientific, educational or public organization,” and when working in the archive, they must indicate the address of temporary registration or residence in Moscow. The decision on the admission of each researcher is made within a month, but can be made in a shorter period of time.

June 28, 2016 Head of the Federal Archival Agency A.N. Artizov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V. Lavrov took part and spoke at the opening ceremony of the reconstructed building of the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire (AFPRI) at the address: Moscow, st. B. Serpukhovskaya, 15.

AVPRI is a departmental archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, which stores documentary materials of a foreign policy nature from 1720 to 1917. Today, AVPRI is an open public archive, which stores about 600,000 storage units (files): diplomatic documents, incl. reports to the “highest name”, rescripts on foreign policy issues, instructions to diplomatic and consular representatives, their reports to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reports on international conferences with the participation of Russia, musical correspondence, annual reports of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, collections of documentary materials of prominent Russian diplomats, statesmen and public figures , military leaders, scientists, writers and much more.

Work on the reconstruction of the archive lasted about three years. After completion of the work, the archive area increased by 2 thousand sq.m. Conditions for visitors have improved: the area of ​​the reading room has expanded, everything necessary for people with disabilities has been provided. The archive storage facilities have modern systems for maintaining temperature and humidity conditions and fire extinguishing, modern Russian-made archival racks, safes, file cabinets, as well as security video surveillance and electronic access systems have been installed, and restoration and copying laboratories have been equipped.

The opening ceremony was widely covered in the media.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke at the opening ceremony of the building of the Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Empire, which took place on June 28.

The Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Empire “moved” from Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square to Bolshaya Serpukhovskaya, 15. Immediately after the completion of the move, a presentation of the new building of the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire (AFPRI) took place. It was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergei Lavrov and the head of the Federal Archival Agency Andrei Artizov. AVPRI continued to operate almost fully and was temporarily located in a building on Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square, but the researchers were deprived of a reading room. The opening of the archive will become “full” when researchers will again be able to work in the archive’s reading room in September. “The building is beautiful. I would like to thank everyone who put their hand, soul and heart into this,” said Sergei Lavrov, opening the ceremony.

The Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire was established in 1721 by Peter I and is in fact the oldest Russian archive. “Archival work today is not some kind of technical specialty, it is directly related to our Russian statehood, preserving the identity of our people, respecting its traditions and studying what has glorified our Motherland. It’s not for nothing that Rosarkhiv is now directly subordinate to the President of Russia,” the head of the Foreign Ministry emphasized.

“Archival work today is not some kind of technical specialty, it is directly related to our Russian statehood, preserving the identity of our people, respecting its traditions and studying what has glorified our Motherland. It’s not for nothing that Rosarkhiv is now directly subordinate to Russian President V.V. Putin.”

Sergey Lavrov noted that AVPRI is an archive open to researchers and works closely with Rosarkhiv in exhibitions, publishing activities, and in the creation of Internet projects covering various events in Russian history. Andrei Artizov emphasized in his speech that the new building of the departmental archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is part of the consistent work to modernize Russian archives. Over the 15 years of the history of modern Russia since 2000, 88 thousand square meters have been commissioned at the federal level. meters of new archival space, and if you also count 6 thousand square meters. meters of AVPRI - then this is already 94 thousand, and over the 70 years of Soviet history, 118 thousand meters of new archival space were built, that is, proportionally, the pace and volume of archival renewal are incomparable. And the update work continues consistently.

Attention to archival documents is increasingly increasing, their role in the fight against falsification and distortion of history, in restoring historical truth is being realized. “Without archival documents, without historical memory, we will be Ivans who do not remember kinship,” said Andrei Artizov. He noted that it is customary to come to housewarmings with gifts - the day before, 119 volumes of the most complete anthology of the history of Russian social thought, published by Rosarkhiv, were handed over to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“In modern conditions, we are forced to engage in work related to the restoration of historical truth, with opposition to those myths and falsifications that are often heard today in relation to our history, and our common past, and in relation to the Second World War.”

“Pearls” of the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire

For the opening ceremony, the archive staff prepared a small but extremely valuable exhibition of those documents that are the pride of the foundation. The most significant of them is the Treaty of Nystadt in 1721, which brought an end to the long-term Northern War and marked the beginning of the Russian Empire. Russia gained access to the sea and the Baltic provinces. The photo shows the original of the Treaty of Nystadt, it was enclosed in a “cover” made of wood.

And next to it, in a blue velvet cover, is the Swedish ratification of the treaty.

Swedish ratification of the Treaty of Nystad with Frederick's wax sealI.

It is signed by the Swedish King Frederick.

Original signature of King Frederick of SwedenIon the Swedish ratification of the Treaty of Nystad.

The agreement is sealed with a wax seal placed in a special metal case - an ark.

Friedrich's wax sealI.

The exhibition presents documents from the Napoleonic era - the Treaty of Tilsit of 1807, a letter from Napoleon to Emperor Alexander from Moscow, which was engulfed in fire.

Here is also a letter from M.I. Kutuzov to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count N.P. Rumyantsev, that under Rushchuk a victory was won over the Turkish forces of Akhmet Pasha, which was twice the size of the Russian army.

Letter from M.I. Kutuzov to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count N.P. Rumyantsev.

Nearby is Alexander I’s project for organizing post-war Europe in 1814. This is an autograph written in pencil. The exhibition also includes a watercolor depicting the uniform of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the era of Alexander I.

Uniform of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Alexander eraI.

The Persian ratification of the Turkmanchay Peace Treaty of 1828 was also presented, in the development of which A.S. Griboedov, the Resident Minister in Persia, took an active part. The original is richly decorated with gold script, on one page there is the personal seal of Abbas-Mirza.

Turkmanchay peace treaty of 1828 between Russia and Persia.

A unique document on Russian-Chinese relations in 1810 is also presented - an illustrated ceremony of the meeting of Russian and Chinese border commanders. The artist depicted a cavalry parade, the formation of which stretched out on paper to almost life-size length. Fund guardian, first secretary of the Historical and Documentary Department Olga Volkova helped unfold and show a unique archival document.

Fund keeper Olga Volkova holds a document from 1810 in full spread.

The archivists also showed A.M. Gorchakov’s famous circular of 1856: “Russia is not angry, Russia is concentrating,” the chancellor wrote and emphasized that the emperor, not wanting to infringe on the interests of any of the countries, would first of all respect the interests of Russia and concentrate on internal politics of the empire. “Be it so,” is the emperor’s note on the document.

Circular by A.M. Gorchakov in French, 1856, signed by AlexanderII.

The exhibition concludes with archival documents from the very end of the 19th century - a note to the diplomatic missions of Western powers in the Russian capital about the convening of the peace conference in The Hague in 1899.

At the end of the ceremony, the head of the archive, Irina Vladimirovna Popova, gave a short tour of the new premises of AVPRI especially for International Affairs. The archive has equipped a restoration workshop with the most modern restoration tools, which will prolong the life of historical rarities. “Every newly commissioned archive,” said I. Popova, “should have a reading room, a service library, a restoration room, a copy room and other premises.” Restorer is a rare and now scarce profession. Many restorers go into commercial projects. I. Popova showed special dust removal machines and a computer-controlled machine for making cardboard boxes.

This vacuum cleaner machine pulls out the most microscopic dust from paper.

In such a pressure chamber it is possible, using various attachments, to process documents subject to a high degree of dilapidation.

Documents at AVPRI are stored horizontally in special archival boxes, many of them are deteriorating, literally falling apart - two moves are too much for priceless documents - everything had to be done to preserve them. The photo shows an example of a miniature owlet box created by a “box-making” machine.

A machine used to make boxes.

Every year, the archive produces many copies of documents for historical researchers; it happens that Russian leaders, during their visits abroad, present as a gift to the receiving party a dummy of some historical document “with history” that is almost indistinguishable from the originals. Employees are pleased that one of the problems - the lack of intact boxes for storing materials - will be at least partially resolved.

Machine for document restoration.

Restoration equipment is varied - from special paper cutters to the most complex devices - a paper-topping machine for restoring paper, for normalizing its acidity, for working with stitched multi-page documents - all this equipment will extend the life of many historical documents.

A machine for working with voluminous documents.

For copying and digitizing, the archive has special high-quality scanners, special cameras for large-format documents and other equipment.

Single page machine.

Speaking about the just completed move, Irina Popova called it “from shelf to shelf,” which is achieved through careful preparation and technological calculation.

The main storage room.

Thanks to painstaking preparation, AVPRI practically did not stop working. AVPRI is not a replenishable archive, but the reserve, one way or another, is necessary, therefore one of the storage facilities is equipped with mobile, and not stationary, like all other storage facilities, shelving.

Mobile racks.

Microfilms are stored under special temperature and humidity conditions, in separate storage on open shelves, each box of film is on its own shelf.

Storage of microfilms with documents.

Concluding the tour, Irina Popova emphasized that the new building has all the conditions for archival work.

Metal cells for storing a group of documents horizontally.

PSZRI, collection. I-e, vol. 34, 1817, p. 70-71, No. 26674.

The Decree emphasizes that in order to enter Russia, foreign nationals must present passports issued by Russian missions abroad at border posts.

Circular of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Department of Internal Relations No. 4259 with the text of Customs rules on the passage of foreign diplomatic agents and cabinet couriers across the Russian border (notified to all foreign missions in St. Petersburg and Russian missions and embassies abroad).

The Circular emphasized that the modified rules do not contain restrictive formalities and are aimed at eliminating misunderstandings that arise when these persons enter Russia.

AVPRI, f. Embassy in London, op. 520, d. 51, l. 71-72, copy, Russian. and fr. language

Circular of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Department of Internal Relations No. 3140 on the procedure for applying the first paragraph of the “Rules on the issuance of passports to foreigners coming to Russia across the European border and living in the empire” in relation to English subjects.

The Circular ordered Russian representatives abroad to renew the attestation mark in the national passports of English subjects after a period of 1 year.

AVPRI, f. Embassy in London, op. 520, d. 126, l. 191-191v., original, Russian. language

Attitude of the Russian Consul in Singapore K.V. Kleimenov to the Russian Embassy in London for an order to visa English foreign passports only if they contain the signature of the owners.

AVPRI, f. Embassy in London, op. 520, d. 866, l. 148, original, Russian. language

Circular of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Second Department No. 335 on passports for members of the diplomatic corps at the imperial court and foreign cabinet couriers.

According to the new rules, members of the diplomatic corps and cabinet couriers were required to be provided with passports from their Ministries of Foreign Affairs or embassies and missions. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stopped issuing Russian diplomatic and courier passports to members of the diplomatic corps in St. Petersburg and foreign office couriers.

AVPRI, f. Embassy in London, op. 520, d. 1231, l. 36-36v., original, Russian. language