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Russian Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society. Money Transfer to Nazareth 1892 - Russian Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society. Money Transfer to Nazareth 1892 The Russian Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society. Jerusalem. Russian Compound Letter to administering of Russian Compound N.G Mikhailov from Nazareth about receiving money in sum of 7280 frank for maintenance of the society in Galilee, 1892. Size: 28 x 22 cm. Some wear, small tears to edges The Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society (Russian: Императорское православное палестинское общество, ИППО) (IOPS), is a scholarly organization for the study of the Middle East, founded on 8 May 1882 by Vasily Khitrovo, after the approval of Alexander III. The Society's activities expanded considerably so that it held over 30,000 meetings during 1902.