Confirmation of nationality using information from the household books of village councils
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Are you sure that you have Jewish, Polish or other roots. You have in your hands certificates (extracts from the book of the synagogue or the Roman Catholic church) from the archive confirming the fact of the birth of your grandfather or grandmother in the pre-revolutionary period. But there is a problem – the consul requires at least one document of the Soviet period, in which the necessary nationality is recorded (and this concept was introduced into everyday use in the USSR in the 1920s) and in the civil registry office records in this column “Ukrainian” / “Russian” is written .. . Dead end? Fatally? No chance? Far from a fact. Very often, such a welcome entry can be found in household books of village councils, the official extract from which has full legal force for embassies and consulates. More details here >>>
