Metadata: Kiev Conscience Court
Collection
- Country:
- Ukraine
- Holding institution:
- State Archive of the Kyiv Region
- Holding institution (official language):
- Державний архів Київської області
- Postal address:
- 04119, м.Київ, вул.Мельникова, 38, 40.
- Phone number:
- 380 (44)206-74-99
- Web address:
- http://dako.gov.ua/
- Email:
- dako@archives.kiev.ua
- Reference number:
- F. 1062
- Title:
- Kiev Conscience Court
- Title (official language):
- Киевский совестный суд
- Creator/accumulator:
- Kiev Conscience Court
- Date(s):
- 1781/1862
- Language:
- Russian
- Extent:
- 516 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Scope and content:
- Among documents housed are court files on Jews converting to Christianity; Jews accused of converting minor children from Christianity back to Judaism; Jews being taken into custody for being without residency permits; Jews causing themselves bodily harm in order to evade the draft; etc.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Established pursuant to the Regulation on the Provinces (1775), the Kiev Conscience Court heard civil cases involving arbitration procedures and certain minor crimes (involving minors, persons of unsound mind, persons without residency permits, witchcraft, etc.). It consisted of a judge elected from among the local gentry and six associate judges. It was liquidated in 1864.
- Access points: locations:
- Kiev
- System of arrangement:
- The fond includes two inventories compiled chronologically.
- Finding aids:
- Inventories are available.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Theological Seminary
