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Russia (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 246 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 19 Aug 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/27B/30
Scope and Contents Memorandum by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on naval strength in the Baltic, stating that the Kiel Canal gave Germany the power of putting their whole naval force in the North Sea or the Baltic. He adds that the Royal Navy was not strong enough to provide two fleets, each individually superior to the German Fleet, and that the Admiralty could not obtain the naval command of the Baltic until either a decisive general battle had been won at sea or the Kiel canal was effectively blocked....
Dates: 19 Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jul 1934

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/206/28-29
Scope and Contents

Letter from Arthur Cummings, Political Editor, News Chronicle, to WSC, on meeting with Nicolas Mayorski, the newly arrived London correspondent of the Russian newspaper "Pravda". Stating that Mayorski was one of the "ablest, most interesting and broadly intelligent Bolshies" he had met, and that he was particularly interested in meeting WSC, to "tell him why the post-War interventionist policy in Russia failed", attaching Mayorski's business card.

Dates: 17 Jul 1934
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1913]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/6A/138
Scope and Contents

Statistics on changes in military and naval expenditure in Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Japan, 1904-1913. [Carbon].

Dates: [1913]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1913]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/6A/215
Scope and Contents

Statistics on changes on military and naval expenditure in Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Japan, 1904-1913. [Carbon].

Dates: [1913]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Feb 1912

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/8/79-80
Scope and Contents

Letter from Admiral Lord Charles Beresford (Great Cumberland Place, London) to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, account of visit to Russia, particularly visits to the Russian Admiralty, commenting on their decision to establish a War Staff after the Russo-Japanese War.

Dates: 19 Feb 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Aug 1924

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/134/69
Scope and Contents Letter from [WSC] (Chartwell) to F Stanley Jackson sending a letter he has received from Sir Harry Goschen [inviting him to be the Conservative candidate for the Epping Division of Essex], pressing Jackson for news of his plan to enable WSC to stand for Richmond [Surrey], pointing to the Government's signing of "this farcical Russian Treaty" as a sign that a general election is approaching, hoping that the Opposition will not be out-manoeuvred over the Irish [boundary] question and approving...
Dates: 14 Aug 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 26 Oct 1924

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/135/102
Scope and Contents Letter from [WSC] (Unionist Central Committee rooms, 77 High Road, South Woodford, [Essex]) to William J Bills (151 Brownhill Road, Catford, [London]) stating that fifty-two million pounds was spent to make good the promises Britain had made to the Russian loyalists after the Bolsheviks had deserted the Allied cause and that the Labour Party was officially represented in the Government which made these promises, though not in the Government which had to carry them out. Carbon typescript...
Dates: 26 Oct 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 23 Oct 1924

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/135/103
Scope and Contents

Letter from William J Bills (151 Brownhill Road, Catford, [London]) to WSC reporting Socialist allegations that WSC was responsible for the spending of a hundred million pounds to overthrow the Bolsheviks and asking for information with which Bills can refute this.

Dates: 23 Oct 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 31 Oct 1924

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/138/13
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sir Picton Bagge (British Embassy, 8 Rue Belliard, Brussels, [Belgium]) to WSC reminding him of the scheme he (Bagge) put forward in 1919 "for evicting the Bolsheviks from Russia by means of an Anglo-German financial-industrial combination", summarising his subsequent career, and congratulating WSC on his electoral victory [in the Epping Division of Essex].

Dates: 31 Oct 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 19 Oct 1925

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/142/52-53
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Letter from [WSC] to Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] commenting on the passages in Beaverbrook's book relating to him and clarifying his attitude to the declaration of war on Russia by Germany. Carbon typescript copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/142/54-55.

Dates: 19 Oct 1925
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 21 Dec 1928

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/159/137-140
Scope and Contents

Letter from [WSC] to Lord Balfour [earlier Arthur Balfour] on: British naval policy with regard to that of the United States; the hard work involved in finishing the volume of "The World Crisis" on the peace conferences; Maurice Hankey's vindication of Balfour against the "calumnies" of Ray Stannard Baker; WSC's wish to print a passage from one of Balfour's Cabinet papers which states British policy towards Russia at the end of the war. Carbon typescript copy.

Dates: 21 Dec 1928
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 18 Dec 1911

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/53/85
Scope and Contents

Letter from William Royle (Elmwood, Rusholme, [Manchester]) to WSC reporting dissatisfaction among Liberal ranks with the Government's hostile attitude towards Germany and its subservient policy towards Russia with regard to Persia [Iran].

Dates: 18 Dec 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Dec 1911

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/53/86-87
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC (Admiralty) to William Royle citing the growth of German naval power as the reason why Britain should not antagonise Russia in Persia [Iran]. Warns that France may be forced into war with Germany to avoid national humiliation, but hopes that the rise of democratic forces in Germany and the recovery of Russia after her disasters in Manchuria [China] will lessen the threat of German aggression. Signed and annotated typescript copy.

Dates: 20 Dec 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Dec 1911

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/53/95
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] (Foreign Office) to WSC returning a draft [?of a letter by WSC defending the Government's foreign policy; see CHAR 2/53/86-87], agreeing with the point about German naval expenditure and asserting that the Manchester Guardian and others have incorrectly assessed the increase in Britain's political responsibility in northern Persia [Iran] following the Anglo-Russian agreement.

Dates: 20 Dec 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), Jan 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/46/92-93
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to the Grand Duke Nicholas [Russian Minister of War], on Russia's request for naval action against Turkey to relieve pressure in the Caucasus, detailing plans for forcing the passage of the Dardanelles. [2 Hand-written drafts].

Dates: Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Feb 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/47/127
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Letter from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary], sending a message to be forwarded to the Grand Duke Nicholas [Russian Minister of War], on the progress of the attack on the Dardanelles. WSC suggests that the Russian Black Sea Fleet should prepare to come to the entrance of the Bosphorus, with any troops that could be spared. [Hand-written copy].

Dates: 27 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/48/77
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Letter from Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, to WSC, sending on a copy of a telegram from the Grand Duke Nicholas [Russian War Minister] on the Dardanelles [see CHAR 13/48/67-68], and stating that he wished that the Russian Army would "play up a bit", as they seemed to do nothing but complain about the number of Germans in front of them.

Dates: 11 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/48/78-79
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Grand Duke Nicholas [Russian Minister of War], on the progress of naval operations in the Dardanelles. WSC also expresses satisfaction that the Russian Fleet would be watching the mouth of the Bosphorus to prevent the escape of Turkish and German ships, and would be ready to attack Turkish forts. [Hand-written copy, initialled by WSC; typescript copy at CHAR 13/48/87. Includes covering note from Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC] to the...
Dates: 12 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/48/85-86
Scope and Contents

Telegram from the Chief of Staff of the Grand Duke Nicholas [Russian Minister of War] to the Admiralty, on instructions given to the Russian Black Sea Fleet concerning operations in the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus.

Dates: 13 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Apr 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/51/14-16
Scope and Contents

Letter from Lord Downe to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on his purchase of oil bearing properties in the Caucasus, Russia.

Dates: 16 Apr 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Feb 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/60/142
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Admiralty to HMS "Jupiter" and the Admiral of Patrols, Immingham, orders for HMS "Jupoiter" to proceed to Archangel to act as icebreaker as the propoer ice breaker had broken down and the port was closing [typescript copy].

Dates: 04 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Nov 1914 - 21 Nov 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/44/62-63
Scope and Contents

Notes between James Masterton-Smith [Private Secretary to WSC] and Charles Walker [Principal Clerk, Admiralty], on the question of Russian decorations for submarine officers.

Dates: 17 Nov 1914 - 21 Nov 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Nov 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/44/64
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Submission from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to King George V, reporting that the Emperor of Russia wished to confer the Order of St Vladimir (4th Class) on two British submarine commanders, Lieutenant-Commander Noel Laurence and Lieutenant-Commander Max Horton, for their skill in navigating their vessels into the Baltic, where they were now operating. WSC asks for the decorations to be approved, but not made public, to preserve secrecy. [Initialled by WSC and King George V].

Dates: 24 Nov 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Mar 1915 - 23 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/44/65-67
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Notes between Ronald Campbell, Foreign Office, James Masterton-Smith [Private Secretary to WSC] and Charles Walker [Principal Clerk, Admiralty], reporting that the Russian Ambassador had been told that King George V had approved the award of Russian decorations to the two submarine captains in the Baltic, and had been informed of the need for secrecy.

Dates: 21 Mar 1915 - 23 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/44/69
Scope and Contents

Submission from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to King George V, reporting that Tsar Nicholas II of Russia wished to award decorations to Commander Max Horton and the crew of submarine E9, for sinking a German destroyer in the Baltic on 29 January [signed by WSC, and approved by the King].

Dates: 20 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open