O dvori͡a︡nstvi͡e︡
Subtitle: [zhalovannai͡a︡ gramota].
Contributors: Russia. Sovereign (1762-1796 : Catherine II); 18th-Century Russian Law Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Pechatana v Senati͡e︡
Published: 1785
Place of publication: V gradi͡e︡ Svi͡a︡tago Petra
Language: rus
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Nobility -- Russia; Law -- Russia -- Sources
Other titles: O dvori͡a︡nstve
Notes: LC copy has shelf label: Biblīoteka Grazhdanskago Kassat͡s︡īonnago Departamenta Pravitelʹstvui͡u︡shchago Senata.
Bitovt 2098
Fessenko, T.A. 18th cent. 963*
Svodnyĭ kat. II 4724
LC copy acquired by the Law Library of Congress before Apr. 28, 1934.
The first publication of Catherine II's Zhalovannai͡a︡ gramota, which granted rights to the Russian nobility. The eighth, ninth, eleventh and twelfth sections state that no nobleman shall, without trial, be deprived of his status of nobility, his life, dignity, or property, or be tried except by his equals.
"My sīi͡u︡ Nashu zhalovannui͡u︡ gramotu na prava, volʹnosti i preimushchestva ... rossīĭskomu dvori͡a︡nstvu ... podpisali ... apri͡e︡li͡a︡ 21 dni͡a︡ ... 1785," signed: Ekaterina.
Imprint from colophon.
Paper has armorial watermark: Pro Patria.
With, as issued, Russia. Laws, statutes, etc. Gorodovoe polozhenīe. [V gradi͡e︡ Svi͡a︡tago Petra, 1785]