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PHJ №1 (45) 2025 — L. A. Gerd. PAUL ANDERSON AND HIS VISIT TO PALESTINE IN 1923

The properties of the Russian institutions in the Holy Land before the First World War belonged to the Russian Government, The Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society and the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission. During the British administration of Palestine (1917–1948) they were a subject of endless discussions. Both the Russian emigrant organizations (the Palestine Society abroad and the Ecclesiastical Mission, subject to the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad) on one side, and the Soviet Government on the other side pretended to be legal owners of the properties. The administration of the mandate took the responsibility over the Russian properties, rented them out and used the money for supporting the Russians in Jerusalem and for maintenance of the buildings. The British authorities put the issue on a solid law base and did not admit to the administration either the Soviet representatives, or the Russian emigrants. The correspondence about the visit to Palestine in Summer 1923 of Paul Anderson, member of the Young Christian men’s organization, famous for his activities among the Russian emigrants, contributes to the picture of the complicated relations between the Palestine Society and the British administration. The documents on Anderson’s visit are of primary importance for the history of the Palestine Society abroad and its contacts in the 1920s. They are a logical supplement to the series of attempts of the Society to restore its legal status in Palestine, which it undertook during the whole period of the British Mandate.

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PHJ №1 (45) 2025 – G. S. Tziafetas. OLD PROBLEM, MODERN SOLUTION: FLOODS AND PROTECTION IN ST. PETERSBURG/LENINGRAD (1703–1924)

The article contains a scientific view of environmental management, projects for protecting St. Petersburg from floods, which were proposed by engineers of the 18th and early 20th centuries, as well as a social justification for why flood supports began to be seriously designed only after the catastrophic floods of 1924. Was it a catalyst for the authorities and engineers — or was this design phase more dependent on other (social) processes?

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PHJ № 1 (33) 2022 — M. H. Zakirova. THE TURKMEN OF THE AMU DARYA REGION IN THE STUDIES OF RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY

Turkestan section of the Russian Geographical Society (TO RGS, 1897) at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries had a significant impact on the formation of historical science and ethnography in the Central Asian region. The main purpose of the study is to show the role of the Russian Geographical Society in collecting and processing ethnographic information about the Turkmens inhabiting the territory of Turkestan. The author sets a task to review the reports of M. V. Grulev and H. V. Gelman received during geographical expeditions on the Amu Darya, voiced to the Board of the Russian Geographical Society and published in the News of the Russian Geographical Society for 1900. The author concludes that the received information was necessary for carrying out the consecutive economic and resettlement policy of the Russian government in Central Asia. In particular, to settle the issue of relations of Turkmen tribes with Khiva khan, to solve the problem of land and water use, as well as to study the Amu Darya River for the development of navigation and, if possible, safety for merchant ships.