Russia, Bank Cheque, ND, UNC
HISTORICAL NOTE — DOCUMENT CONNECTED TO A DESCENDANT OF CATHERINE THE GREAT
Count Alexei Alexandrovich Bobrinsky (1852–1927) was a great-great-grandson of Empress Catherine II (Catherine the Great) and Count Grigory Orlov, and a godson of Emperor Nicholas I.
A prominent member of the Russian aristocracy, he served as a Senator, Chairman of the Imperial Archaeological Commission and Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Empire in 1916. He received prestigious Imperial Russian decorations, including the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky.
This historic banking document is associated with Count Bobrinsky and is of historical and collectible interest as a testament to the financial life of the Russian Empire's upper aristocracy in the early 20th century.
SHENBERG AUCTION 17 presents four historic documents associated with Count Bobrinsky: Lots 2085, 2086, 2087 and 2088.
HISTORICAL NOTE — DOCUMENT CONNECTED TO A DESCENDANT OF CATHERINE THE GREAT
Count Alexei Alexandrovich Bobrinsky (1852–1927) was a great-great-grandson of Empress Catherine II (Catherine the Great) and Count Grigory Orlov, and a godson of Emperor Nicholas I.
A prominent member of the Russian aristocracy, he served as a Senator, Chairman of the Imperial Archaeological Commission and Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Empire in 1916. He received prestigious Imperial Russian decorations, including the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky.
This historic banking document is associated with Count Bobrinsky and is of historical and collectible interest as a testament to the financial life of the Russian Empire's upper aristocracy in the early 20th century.
SHENBERG AUCTION 17 presents four historic documents associated with Count Bobrinsky: Lots 2085, 2086, 2087 and 2088.
