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Charter to the Gentry

Charter for the Rights, Freedoms, and Privileges of the Noble Russian Gentry also called Charter to the Gentry or Charter to the Nobility — charter, issued by the Russian empress Catherine II.

It recognized the corps of nobles in each province as a legal corporate body and stated the rights and privileges bestowed upon its members. Charter was divided into introduction and four sections:
  • I. Personal rights and privileges of the gentry.
  • III. Genealogy books.
  • IV. Documents, establishing nobility.

 
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