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Total number of records: 49

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Books and printed items41
Archives8

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Leeds Russian Archive17
Brotherton Collection6
English Literature4
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
travel3
diplomatic relations2
english language2
khanty2
russian language2
atlases1
atlases, russian1
book burning -- history -- italy -- sources.1
cabala1
cabala -- early works to 1800.1

Top 10: Place

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Russia18
Soviet Union8
China5
Asia2
Great Britain2
Iran2
Arctic Regions1
Codignola (Italy)1
Islands of the Pacific1
Italy1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-17255
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-17964
Lange, Lorenz4
Tooke, William (1744-1820)4
Voltaire (1694-1778)4
Castera, Jean-Henri (1749-1838)3
Cowley, Mrs (1743-1809)3
Tooke, William3
Aleksei Petrovich, Csarevitch of Russia, 1690-17182
Bell, John (1691-1780)2

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Archive File

Russian journeys

c.1806

File containing loose pages (c60ff) relating to d'Eon's missions in Russia. There is a note in English saying that the event told by d'Eon about the fall from the horse left no trace in the records (t...

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Russian passport.

11 Apr 1757

One Russian passport delivered to d'Eon, with a translation in German.

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The history of the Russian empire under Peter the Great (v.1)

Voltaire (1694-1778)

[1763?]

The title-page is engraved.

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The history of the Russian empire under Peter the Great

Voltaire (1694-1778)

1769

Signatured as "Vol.II".

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