The land plot in Haifa (also known as the " Primorsky Plot ") is one of the possessions of the Russian Empire in the Holy Land . Acquired in 1864 by Russian consular agent Konstantin Averino on behalf of the Palestinian Committee .
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History
From the beginning of the acquisition of the land, problems arose with the owners of neighboring plots, which were resolved only by 1896 as a result of a court decision. Since 1889, the Primorsky Territory has been transferred from the Palestinian Commission to the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society .
According to the decision of the Society’s Council, in 1912, with the active assistance of P. I. Ryazhsky, the manager of the courtyards of the IPPO in Palestine, and P. P. Sekretarev, the Russian vice consul in Haifa, the construction of the site begins [1] .
The site focused on commercial and economic use and implementation in the economic life of the city of Haifa . In 1913, a two-story house was built on the site according to the project of the local architect Barsky. The building was destroyed during the Arab-Israeli war of 1948 . The Haifa seaside site was sold by the Soviet government to the State of Israel under the so-called Orange Deal . The legality of the transaction remains controversial [2] . Negotiations are ongoing on the return of the Russian Compound and other real estate in Russia. [3]
Notes
- ↑ Russia in the Holy Land. Archive of the foreign policy of the Russian Empire. - Moscow: “International Relations”, 2000. - P. 669. - (Documents and materials. Volume 1. Agreement of P. I. Ryazhsky, Manager of IOI Institutions in Palestine with Salekh Sagli. December 22, 1912). - ISBN 5-7133-1063-9 (t. 1).
- ↑ Russian Spiritual Heritage in Jerusalem Endangered
- ↑ Russia will buy from Israel the Russian Compound in Jerusalem
Literature
- Russia in the Holy Land. Archive of the foreign policy of the Russian Empire. - Moscow: "International Relations", 2000. - S. 741. - (Documents and materials. Volume 1). - ISBN 5-7133-1063-9 (t. 1).
- Lisovoy N. N. Russian spiritual and political presence in the Holy Land and the Middle East in the 19th - early 20th centuries. - Moscow: Indrik, 2006 .-- S. 510.