Charter to the Gentry

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 was a 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:

  1. Personal rights and privileges of the gentry.
  2. Corporate self-organization of the gentry. Assemblies of Nobility
  3. Genealogy books.
  4. Documents, establishing nobility.

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