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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 965 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NORWAY .—The records of Norway are preserved at See also:

Christiania, and include a collection of papers of See also:Christian II., See also:king of See also:Denmark. For the contents of the collection, see Diplomatarium Norvegicum, by See also:Lange and Unger (1849–1891); and Norske Rigsregistranter tildeels i uddrag, dealing with the 16th and 17th centuries. See also:PoRTuGAL.—Portuguese royal records are in the monastery of Sao Bento at See also:Lisbon. The collection suffered much during the See also:earthquake of 1755. It includes the registers of the See also:Chancery since the 13th See also:century, and a large number of documents subsidiary to them. In addition to this repository there are collections at the various ministries; from the records of the See also:Ministry for See also:Foreign Affairs, Borges de See also:Castro, and afterwards Judice Biker, published their Collec4ao dos Tratados . entre a See also:Corona de Portugal e as mais potentias. There are three volumes of transcripts from Portuguese records in the See also:English Public See also:Record See also:Office. RusslA.—The records of the See also:Russian See also:government are distributed in various repositories in See also:Moscow and St See also:Petersburg. At the former are preserved the records of the foreign relations of See also:Russia down to 18ot ; permission to use them can be obtained from the See also:Minister for Foreign Affairs: there are no printed lists, but many in See also:manuscript. At Moscow are also preserved the records of the Ministry of See also:Justice. In vol. xliv. of the Revue historique (189o) there is an See also:article by J.-J. Chemko and L.-M.

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Les Archives de l'See also:empire russe a Moscow. The records of government offices at St Petersburg are not open to students. There are See also:minor repositories at various provincial capitals, and the records of the See also:Grand Duchy of See also:Finland are at See also:Helsingfors. There are three volumes of transcripts from Russian records at the English Public Record Office.

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