IMPERIAL RUSSIA - Félix de MELENIEWSKI(1846-1908,Officer in - Lot 367

IMPERIAL RUSSIA - Félix de MELENIEWSKI(1846-1908,Officer in the Imperial Russian Army and Deputy of the Assembly of the Nobility in Kiev) / Correspondence of2 autographed letters signed and addressed to the President of the Conseil Héraldique de France, leVicomte de POLI, 3 p and 4 p in-8, each with crowned engraved letterhead, fromKiev-9 May 1894, upon his arrival in Kiev, he handed over to H. E. thePrince of Repnineand to Mr. leComte Moussine-Pouchkinthe diplomas of the Conseil Héraldique de France, "S. E. thePrince of Repnineand to Mr. leComte Moussine-Pouchkinthe diplomas of the Conseil Héraldique de France.E. thePrince of Repnineand to Mr. leComte de Moussine-Pouchkinthe diplomas of the Conseil Héraldique de France, "S.M. l'Empereura daigné nommer la fille du Prince, laPrincesse Olga de Répnine,Demoiselle d'Honneur de S.M. l'Impératrice et leComte de Moussine-Pouchkinea été élevé à la dignité deChambellan de S.M. l'Empereur", himself on his way back to Naraëwka [castle in present-day Poland] - November 19, 1894, "Yes, you're right to say that sorrows follow one another and resemble one another, and don't you think there's a really strange coincidence between our two countries. When you were mourning Gounodwe were burying Tchaikovsky,the murder of President Carnot could serve as a political counterpart to the odious crime of the assassination of Emperor Alexander IIand the perfectly Christian and truly exemplary death of the Head of the House of France is closely followed by that of our Sovereign [...]....] We were very sensitive to the proofs of compassion in the great misfortune which has just struck us, which came to us from all corners of this beautiful France which we cherish so much and which we have become accustomed to considering as a second homeland".