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Russia (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 248 Collections and/or Records:

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Official: War and Air: memoranda, notes, and other correspondence on Russian economic affairs., 03 Oct 1919 - 10 Dec 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/28
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Picton Bagge (8); Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso, Personal Military Secretary to the Secretary State for War] (9); William Peters; Carol Yaroshinsky; Sir William Clark (Department of Overseas Trade); Peter Bark; Brigadier-General Edward Spears [Head of the British Military Mission to Paris]; Sidney Reilly with information about fund-raising for Russia in France and the United States, and a paper on the situation in Russia (3).Subjects covered by the...
Dates: 03 Oct 1919 - 10 Dec 1919
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War and Air: memoranda, notes, and other correspondence on Russian economic affairs for WSC and Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso, Personal Military Secretary to the Secretary State for War]., 03 Jan 1920 - 19 Oct 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/57
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Correspondents include: Sidney Reilly (3); Sir Picton Bagge (3); a representative of Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company.Also includes copy letter from Sinclair to Peter Bark.Subjects include: Reilly's scheme for trade with Russia; German assistance to the Russian economy; reopening regular channels of communication with Russia.

Dates: 03 Jan 1920 - 19 Oct 1920
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War and Air: printed War Office General Staff papers on Russia., 12 Jan 1919 - 08 Oct 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/29
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Includes reports and other papers on: the internal situation in Russia; a short history of events from November 1917 to February 1919; a visit to the headquarters of the volunteer army in south Russia by Major-General Frederick Poole; the situation in north Russia; operations by Allied forces in the Archangel district; the British Military Mission, South Russia; and a report by Major-General Herbert Holman [Chief of British Military Mission to South Russia].

Dates: 12 Jan 1919 - 08 Oct 1919
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War and Air: printed War Office General Staff papers on Russia., 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/58
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Includes a narrative of events in Siberia, 1918-1920; Major-General Sir Herbert Holman's [Chief of British Military Mission to South Russia] final report; papers on the campaign in and the evacuation of north Russia, 1919; and a copy of a supplement to the London Gazette.

Dates: 1920
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War and Air: reports and correspondence from Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso, Personal Military Secretary to the Secretary State for War], mainly keeping WSC informed of affairs during his visit to France., 01 Jan 1921 - 11 Feb 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/76
Scope and Contents Subjects include: territorial army pay; Russian finances and Leonid Krassin [Commissar for Foreign Trade]; Sinclair's sources of information; French and United States foreign policy; information on the political situation in Poland, Russia, Turkey, Afghanistan, Persia [later Iran], Mesopotamia [later Iraq], and other countries; Moreton Frewen's travels in north America; comments on a history of World War I; WSC's access to secret telegrams; intelligence reports on subjects including Poland...
Dates: 01 Jan 1921 - 11 Feb 1921
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War and Air: Russian maps., 1919 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/31
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Includes maps of the Polish and Crimean fronts.

Dates: 1919 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War and Air: Russian photographs., Oct 1919 - Nov 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/30
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Includes photographs of mutilated bodies, Russian soldiers, Bolshevik prisoners in southern Russia, General Anton Denikin inspecting tanks, and Kiev.

Dates: Oct 1919 - Nov 1919
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War and Air: telegrams and letters on Russia., 14 Jan 1919 - 30 Dec 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/22
Scope and Contents Includes telegrams and letters from: Chief of Imperial General Staff [General Sir Henry Wilson]; Brigadier-General Edmund Ironside [Commander-in-Chief Allied troops, Archangel, Northern Russia]; Lieutenant-General Sir George Milne [Commanded the British Forces at Constantinople, later Istanbul, Turkey]; Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces at Murmansk [Russia, Sir Charles Maynard]; Major-General Sir Alfred Knox [Chief of British Military Mission to Siberia] (6); Major-General Herbert...
Dates: 14 Jan 1919 - 30 Dec 1919
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War and Air: telegrams on the Russian Civil War., 08 Jan 1920 - 22 Nov 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/55
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Major-General Herbert Holman [Chief of British Military Mission to South Russia] (13); Chief of Imperial General Staff [General Sir Henry Wilson].Also includes copies of telegrams and notes from WSC those mentioned above and to Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso, Personal Military Secretary to the Secretary State for War], Prime Minister [David Lloyd George], Lieutenant-General Sir George Milne [Commanded the British Forces at Constantinople, later...
Dates: 08 Jan 1920 - 22 Nov 1920
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War and Air: War Cabinet papers., 12 Jan 1919 - 29 Dec 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/19
Scope and Contents Includes papers and memoranda prepared by: WSC, General Sir Henry Wilson, Chief of Imperial General Staff; Lieutenant-General Sir Hubert Gough [Chief Allied Mission Baltic]; Major-General Herbert Holman, Chief of British Military Mission to South Russia; Major-General Neill Malcolm [British Military Mission, Berlin, Germany]; Lieutenant-General Sir George Milne [Commanded the British Forces at Constantinople, later Istanbul, Turkey]; and other War Office officials.Subjects include: matters...
Dates: 12 Jan 1919 - 29 Dec 1919
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War and Air: WSC's minutes., 15 Jan 1919 - 27 Mar 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/15A-B
Scope and Contents Includes carbon copies of minutes (some annotated in reply) from WSC to various individuals including: Secretary [War Office, Sir Reginald Brade]; Chief of Imperial General Staff [General Sir Henry Wilson]; Air Secretary [Jack Scott]; Major-General John Seely [later 1st Lord Mottistone, Under-Secretary of State for Air]; Chief of the Air Staff [Major-General Frederick Sykes, until February 1919; Major-General Sir Hugh Trenchard, from February 1919]; Director of Military Intelligence...
Dates: 15 Jan 1919 - 27 Mar 1919
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War and Air: WSC's minutes., 01 Apr 1919 - 28 Jun 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/16A-B
Scope and Contents Includes carbon copies of minutes (some annotated in reply) from WSC to various individuals including: Deputy Chief of Imperial General Staff [Major-General Charles Harington]; Director of Military Intelligence [Major-General William Thwaites]; Deputy Director of Military Operations and Military Intelligence [Colonel George Cockerill]; Master-General of the Ordnance [Lieutenant-General Sir William Furse]; Quartermaster-General [Lieutenant-General Travers Clarke]; Secretary [War Office, Sir...
Dates: 01 Apr 1919 - 28 Jun 1919
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War and Air: WSC's minutes., 19 Jun 1919 - 31 Aug 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/17A-B
Scope and Contents Includes carbon copies of minutes (some annotated in reply) from WSC to various individuals including: Air Secretary [Jack Scott]; Secretary [War Office, Sir Reginald Brade]; Chief of Imperial General Staff [General Sir Henry Wilson]; Chief of the Air Staff [Major-General Sir Hugh Trenchard]; Adjutant-General [Lieutenant-General Sir George Macdonogh]; Under-Secretary of State for War [1st Lord Peel]; Deputy Chief of Imperial General Staff [Major-General Charles Harington]; Director of...
Dates: 19 Jun 1919 - 31 Aug 1919
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War and Air: WSC's minutes., 01 Sep 1919 - 31 Dec 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/18A-B
Scope and Contents Includes carbon copies of minutes and telegrams (some annotated in reply) from WSC to various individuals including: Air Secretary [Jack Scott]; Chief of the Air Staff [Major-General Sir Hugh Trenchard]; Quartermaster-General [Lieutenant-General Travers Clarke]; Adjutant-General [Lieutenant-General Sir George Macdonogh]; Major-General Sir John Asser [General Officer Commanding British Troops, France and Flanders]; Military Secretary [Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Davies]; Sir Archibald...
Dates: 01 Sep 1919 - 31 Dec 1919
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War and Air: WSC's minutes., 01 Jan 1920 - 29 Apr 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/51A-B
Scope and Contents Includes carbon copies of minutes (and telegrams) from WSC to various individuals including: Secretary [War Office, Sir Reginald Brade]; 1st Lord Peel [Under-Secretary of State for War]; Chief of Imperial General Staff [General Sir Henry Wilson]; Sir Herbert Creedy; Deputy Chief of Imperial General Staff [Major-General Charles Harington]; Chief of the Air Staff [Air-Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard]; Major-General Fabian Ware; [David Lloyd George]; Andrew Bonar Law [Lord Privy Seal]; Director of...
Dates: 01 Jan 1920 - 29 Apr 1920
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War and Air: WSC's minutes., 01 May 1920 - 31 Aug 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/52A-B
Scope and Contents Includes carbon copies of minutes and letters from WSC to various individuals including: Quartermaster-General [Lieutenant-General Travers Clarke]; Jack Scott [Air Secretary and Private Secretary to WSC]; Sir James Stevenson [Surveyor-General of Supply]; Secretary [War Office, ?Sir Reginald Brade]; Military Secretary [Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Chetwode]; Adjutant-General [Lieutenant-General Sir George Macdonogh]; Major Lionel de Rothschild; Finance Member [Sir Archibald Williamson, later...
Dates: 01 May 1920 - 31 Aug 1920
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War and Air: WSC's minutes., 01 Sep 1920 - 24 Dec 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/53A-B
Scope and Contents Includes carbon copies of minutes and letters from WSC to various individuals including: Secretary [War Office, Sir Herbert Creedy]; Chief of Imperial General Staff [General Sir Henry Wilson]; 10th Lord Scarbrough [Director General Territorial and Volunteer Forces]; Chief of the Air Staff [Air-Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard]; Director of Military Operations [Major-General Sir Percy Radcliffe]; Quartermaster-General [Lieutenant-General Travers Clarke]; Finance Member [Sir Archibald Williamson,...
Dates: 01 Sep 1920 - 24 Dec 1920
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Correspondence and papers., 31 Dec 1918 - 31 Aug 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/57
Scope and Contents Letters or papers from various individuals including: [Major General Sir] William Thwaites [Director of Military Intelligence, War Office]; [Major-General Tasker] Bliss regarding the United States' view on the Peace Conference; Lord Curzon of Kedlestone [Lord President of the Council] on British policy in Russia and Bolshevism (2); 5th Lord Kilmarnock on Bolshevik atrocities; Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on a disagreement with WSC over the relationship between Secretaries...
Dates: 31 Dec 1918 - 31 Aug 1919
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Correspondence and papers, mainly on the Russian campaign., 01 Oct 1919 - 31 Dec 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/58
Scope and Contents Letters or papers from various individuals including: WSC, Secretary of State for War, on Cyprus and Russia; Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the War Cabinet (2); and Lieutenant-Colonel William Roddie.Includes reports on affairs in Siberia, and Transcaucasia, and the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) and their relationship with Russia; the publication of diplomatic and historical documents; and the commercial situation in Southern Russia.Also includes copies of letters from WSC...
Dates: 01 Oct 1919 - 31 Dec 1919
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Foreign Office cables., 15 Aug 1917 - 17 Aug 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/15A-B
Scope and Contents Includes copies of telegrams from Foreign Office representatives including: Archibald Madden [British consul at Bilbao, Spain]; Sir Cecil Spring-Rice [British Ambassador to the United States] on subjects including the SS Inland (4); Sir Walter Townley [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Queen of the Netherlands] on the press (23); [Esme] Howard [British Minister in Sweden] on Swedish exports (4); Charles Bayley [British Consul to the United States] on trade; Sir...
Dates: 15 Aug 1917 - 17 Aug 1917
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Foreign Office cables, 17 Aug 1917 - 20 Aug 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/16
Scope and Contents Includes copies of telegrams from Foreign Office representatives including: Dayrell Crackanthorpe on subjects including a loan to Greece from the United States (6); Sir Horace Rumbold [British Minister in Switzerland]; Hugh Gurney; Sir Cecil Spring-Rice [British Ambassador to the United States] on subjects including a loan to Denmark and the conference of neutral powers (7); Sir Mansfeldt Findlay [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Norway] on supplies to Germany (11); Sir...
Dates: 17 Aug 1917 - 20 Aug 1917
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Foreign Office cables., 21 Aug 1917 - 23 Aug 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/17
Scope and Contents Includes copies of telegrams from Foreign Office representatives including: Dayrell Crackanthorpe (4); Sir Horace Rumbold [British Minister in Switzerland] (6); Beilby Alston [British Charge d'Affaires in Peking, later Beijing, China] (2); Hugh Gurney on subjects including food growing in Denmark (4); Sir Walter Townley [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Queen of the Netherlands] on affairs in Germany and the press (15); Sir Cecil Spring-Rice [British Ambassador to the...
Dates: 21 Aug 1917 - 23 Aug 1917
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Foreign Office cables., 25 Aug 1917 - 27 Aug 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/18
Scope and Contents Includes copies of telegrams from Foreign Office representatives including: [1st] Lord Bertie [British Ambassador to France] (9); Sir Mansfeldt Findlay [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Norway] (9); [Esme] Howard [British Minister in Sweden] on subjects including Russian oil (4); Charles Bayley [British Consul to the United States]; Dayrell Crackanthorpe on dealings with the Greek government (9); Hugh Gurney; Sir George Barclay [British Minister in Romania]; Sir Rennell Rodd...
Dates: 25 Aug 1917 - 27 Aug 1917
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Foreign Office cables., 28 Aug 1917 - 31 Aug 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/19
Scope and Contents Includes copies of telegrams from Foreign Office representatives including: Sir Walter Townley [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Queen of the Netherlands] with details of items in the press (16); Sir Reginald Wingate [High Commissioner of Egypt] (3); Sir Arthur Hardinge [British Ambassador to Spain]; Sir Cecil Spring-Rice [British Ambassador to the United States] on subjects including Dutch ships and supplies from the United States (13); [Esme] Howard [British Minister...
Dates: 28 Aug 1917 - 31 Aug 1917
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Foreign Office cables., 15 Sep 1917 - 18 Sep 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/24
Scope and Contents Includes copies of telegrams from Foreign Office representatives including: Sir George Buchanan [British Ambassador to Russia] on subjects including threat of revolution and the mobilisation of Russian troops (7); Sir Horace Rumbold [British Minister in Switzerland] (3); Sir Cecil Spring-Rice [British Ambassador to the United States] on subjects including negotiations between the United States and Denmark and export licenses (5); Dayrell Crackanthorpe (3); [1st] Lord Bertie [British...
Dates: 15 Sep 1917 - 18 Sep 1917
Conditions Governing Access: Open