[Decrees of Paul I, Emperor of Russia]
Contributors: Pliguzov, A. I.; Russia. Sovereign (1796-1801 : Paul I); Russia. Pravitelʹstvui͡u︡shchīĭ Senat.
Published: 1796
Place of publication: 1796-1800
Language: rus
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Delegated legislation -- Russia -- Early works to 1800.; Law -- Russia -- Sources.; Nobility -- Russia -- Early works to 1800.; Banks and banking -- Russia -- Early works to 1800.; Civil rights -- Russia -- Early works to 1800.; Orders of knighthood and chivalry -- Russia -- Early works to 1800.; Heraldry -- Russia -- Early works to 1800.; Military law -- Russia -- Early works to 1800.; Russia -- Politics and government -- 1689-1801 -- Sources.; Russia -- History -- Paul I, 1796-1801 -- Sources.; Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Early works to 1800.; Russia -- Foreign relations -- Poland -- 1796-1801 -- Sources.; Poland -- Foreign relations -- Russia -- Early works to 1800.; Poland -- History -- 1795-1815 -- Sources.; Poland -- Politics and government -- 1796-1918 -- Sources.; Russia -- Foreign relations -- Spain -- 1796-1801 -- Sources.; Spain -- Foreign relations -- Russia -- 18th century -- Sources.
Genres: Early works to 1800.; Sources.
Other titles: Eighteenth-century Russian imperial decrees; Ukazy Pavla Pervogo; Ukazy Pavla I; Bozhīei͡u︡ milostīi͡u︡ My Pavel Pervyĭ, Imperator i Samoderzhet͡s︡  Vserossīĭskīĭ, i prochai͡a︡; Z łaski Boz̉ey My Paweł Pierwszy, Imperator y Samowładca Całey Rosyi, &c.; My Pavel, Nasli͡e︡dnik, T͡S︡esarevich i Velikīĭ Kni͡a︡z, i My Supruga Ego Marīi͡a︡ Velikai͡a︡ Kni͡a︡gini͡a︡; Bozhīei͡u︡ milostīi͡u︡ My Pavel Pervyĭ, Imperator i Samoderzhet͡s︡  Vserossīĭskīĭ, Velikīĭ Magistr Ordena Svi͡a︡tago Ioanna Ierusalimskago i prochai͡a︡; Akt Vysochaĭshe Utverzhdennyĭ v denʹ Svi͡a︡shchennoĭ Koronat͡s︡ii Ego Imperatorskago Velichestva [signed Paul and Marīi͡a︡, Apr. 5, 1797]; Vo imi͡a︡ Presvi͡a︡tyi͡a︡ i Nerazdelʹnyi͡a︡ Troit͡s︡y [two decrees for Feb. 1799]; Titul Ego Imperatorskago Velichestva [1799?, #258].; Pravila dli͡a︡ prini͡a︡tīi͡a︡ Dvori͡a︡nstva Rossīĭskoĭ Imperīi v Ordenʹ Svi͡a︡tago Īoanna Īerusalimskago [Feb. 15/Mar. 11, 1799]
Notes: Decrees of Mar. [18] and Apr. 29, 1797 have parallel text in Russian and Polish.
Twenty-seven individual decrees issued by the Emperor Paul I and published by the Russian Senate. Topics include the death of Catherine II and succession of Paul I, the annexation of Poland and declaration of war against Spain, rules of succession to the Russian throne and nobility, the Knights of Malta, coats of arms, and religious and other civil liberties (e.g., for Mennonites) in Russia and its territories (incl. Poland), as well as privileges for some inhabitants of Crimea.
Other topics include treatment of military deserters, landlords and peasants, banking, standards on gold and silver and on minting coins, announcement of the marriage of Paul I's daughter, the Grand Princess Aleksandra, to Archduke Joseph Palatine of Hungary (Joseph, Archduke of Austria), and the death of Paul I's granddaughter, Maria Aleksandrovna.
Decrees were published in Saint Petersburg and/or Moscow between November 6, 1796 and September 14, 1800.
Some decrees are printed in columns; some sheets are printed on both sides, some with numbered pages. Some decrees are printed on full or half-sheets of blue paper. Many have watermarks. Some have manuscript annotations.
For more references to decrees from this period, see  I͡U︡.I͡U︡. Bitovt, Ri͡e︡dkīi͡a︡ russkīi͡a︡ knigi i letuchīi͡a︡ izdanīi͡a︡ vosemnadt͡s︡atago vi͡e︡ka, 1905, repr. 1971; and N.P. Likhachev, Katalog letuchikh izdaniĭ i ikh perepechatok: manifesty, ukazy ..., 1895.
Arranged chronologically and housed in conservation box no. 4 under the general call number (given in this record) for the collection of eighteenth-century imperial Russian decrees.
Decrees are listed and numbered, with a brief description of the content of each, in a finding aid prepared by Andrei I. Pliguzov and available in the reading room of the Law Library of Congress: Eighteenth-Century Russian Imperial Decrees in the Law Library of Congress. Paul's decrees are numbers 238-266 in the list. (The number 250 was not used in the list; item 255 is part of item 260.)
Part of a collection acquired by the Library of Congress primarily in 1931 that includes also individual decrees of Elizabeth I, Peter III, and Catherine II. Search under title: Eighteenth-century Russian imperial decrees. Decrees of Paul I appear to have been acquired in 1945 and have accession number LL 5641D1 of the Law Library of Congress dated 12 Mar 45.
Svodnyĭ katalog russkoĭ knigi grazhdanskoĭ pechati vosemnadt͡s︡atogo veka, items 7512-7518