Catalogue description Foreign Office: Consulates, Varna and Rustchuk, Bulgaria (formerly Ottoman Empire): General Correspondence

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Reference: FO 913
Title: Foreign Office: Consulates, Varna and Rustchuk, Bulgaria (formerly Ottoman Empire): General Correspondence
Description:

This series contains records from the British consulates in Varna and Rustchuk, Ottoman Empire (later Bulgaria). Comprises in and out letters, reports, telegrams, etc. of the two locations including correspondence on their establishment.
Date: 1847-1899
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
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Foreign Office, Consulate, Rustchuk, Ottoman Empire, 1866-1908

Foreign Office, Consulate, Varna, Ottoman Empire, 1847-1908
Physical description: 17 volume(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Administrative / biographical background:

The Consulate at Varna ((known as Stalin, 1949-1956) on the Black Sea was established in 1847. In 1866 it was moved to Rustchuk on the Danube where it remained until December 1877 when fighting in the area forced a return to Varna. When peace returned the Consulate was re-established at Rustchuk, but was soon downgraded to a Vice-Consulate which lasted until 1896 when it became a Consulate once more.

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