British Engineering Company of Russia and Siberia archive

Comprises the Company's files of correspondence and papers

The British Engineering Company of Russia and Siberia was formed in 1915 to coordinate the export to Russia of products ordered by the Russian Government Supply Committee in London from a large number of British engineering manufacturers. Many of the orders documented in the archive subsequently became the subject of claims against the Soviet government in the 1920s and 1930s, which were only settled in the early 1990s.

This collection has not been listed in detail and access to parts of it may be restricted under the Data Protection Act and other relevant legislation. If you would like to request access to any part of this collection, please contact Special Collections. Upon receipt of your request, a member of the team will discuss your requirements with you and review relevant material accordingly.

The gift of Roger Munting, April 1997; Clare Calder-Marshall, April 1997; David Burke, October 1998

In English, Russian

A more detailed listing of the processed part of the contents is available in the Leeds Russian Archive online catalogue http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/lra/index.htm