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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Where in Russia?
« on: Thursday 31 December 20 22:27 GMT (UK) »
There's another Alexandrovskaya within St Petersburg. It used to be called Alexandrovsky 100 years ago, later the name (just the ending) was changed. It had also been a village c. 1900 and it became a part of St Petersburg in the 20th cent. It was a village of summer houses (dachas).
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Александровская_(платформа)
There used to be a railway station built in the 19th cent.
You can watch a video about this Alexandrovskaya
https://topspb.tv/programs/releases/95781/
There's even a transcript available.
You can contact St Petersburg State archive sending them a request to do a genealogy search for you
https://spbarchives.ru/cga_services
their emails:
zapros.cga <at> ak.gov.spb.ru
cga <at> ak.gov.spb.ru
not sure if posting the email addresses is allowed here, anyway, you can find them on the website.
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Александровская_(платформа)
There used to be a railway station built in the 19th cent.
You can watch a video about this Alexandrovskaya
https://topspb.tv/programs/releases/95781/
There's even a transcript available.
You can contact St Petersburg State archive sending them a request to do a genealogy search for you
https://spbarchives.ru/cga_services
their emails:
zapros.cga <at> ak.gov.spb.ru
cga <at> ak.gov.spb.ru
not sure if posting the email addresses is allowed here, anyway, you can find them on the website.