A collection of materials and documents on the organization of celebrations in honor of 200 years of anniversaries of battles un...

A collection of materials and documents on the organization of celebrations in honor of 200 years of anniversaries of battles under Lesnoy (1708) and Poltava (1709).In the case, there are: a draft program of honoring the Poltava Victory and the Highest approved order of celebrations on June 26-28, 1909 in Poltava;correspondence of members of the Council with the military department for organizing celebrations in Poltava and St. Petersburg;announcements, posters and invitation tickets for the solemn meeting of Irvio in St. Petersburg;N. Mikhnevich’s speech about the Poltava victory;a list of members of a company awarded a desktop bronze medal in memory of the 200th anniversary of Victory near Poltava;Cutting from the newspapers "Petersburg Vedomosti", "Russian Disabled", "Petersburg newspaper", "Petersburg sheet", "Russian banner" and "Russian reading" with notes on anniversary celebrations at Lesnaya and Poltava;Reports of the Kyiv, Moscow and Odessa departments of the society on the holding of celebrations.- -.Electronic copy source: PB