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Żagańska kolekcja listów i autografów w Rosyjskim Państwowym Archiwum Akt Dawnych w Moskwie

2021

The Russian State Archives of Historical Records in Moscow (Российский государственный архив древних актор) contains a group No. 1587, which the institutions resource list calls ‘Collection of Autographs Gathered by Princes Żagań.’ The article describes the history of the library of the dukes of Żagań in the 19th century, including the creation of a collection of manuscripts. This collection is of a particular importance as a testimony to the finał years of the Duchy of Courland and Semigalia and the extensive family ties of the princes of Żagań. The collection also includes autographs of important historical figures in Europę, sources concerning the Thirty Years War in Silesia, and relatio…