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| Peter I's Decree Replaced in Russian Military Historical Archives, Media Reports |
| 2024-12-08 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Russian State Military Historical Archive (RGVIA) has revealed a substitution of the decree of Emperor Peter I. Izvestia reported this on December 7, citing a source. The institution kept a dummy document dated 1723. It was about the decree "On the prospecting of coal and ores in the Don and Voronezh province." The original document was discovered at an online auction held on the website of the auction house International Autograph Auctions Europe SL in Spain. The newspaper's source clarified that the deputy director of the archive contacted law enforcement agencies regarding the valuable lot. The Russian State Museum of History was asked to check whether the document presented at the auction belonged to the institution's funds. A decree was found that was identical to the lot on the Spanish website. A more thorough analysis revealed that the Russian archive contained a fake. The police launched an investigation into the theft of the original. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on October 24, information appeared that one of the first decrees of another emperor, Peter II, had been replaced in the Russian Military Historical Archive. The document was signed in 1727 and confirmed the removal of Yegor Famentsyn from the post of commandant of St. Petersburg and the appointment of Prince Grigory Urusov in his place. The dummy was discovered by the deputy director of the archive, Vasilisa Denisova. Law enforcement officers began an investigation into the substitution. On October 31, the French auction house Aguttes reported that the original decree of Peter II was sold at auction in France. The starting price for the document was €1-2 thousand, and as a result of the auction, the document was sold for €3,120 (approximately 330 thousand rubles at the time of sale). |
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