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The diary covers 1853-58, 1861, and 1870-79, with the longest entries for 1855-56, 1870-71, and 1873. Obolenskiĭ discusses current events, personalities, and the Imperial central government.

There are 21 letters written by Georgiĭ and Aleksandr von Meier to their family in Russia in 1877-78. They were serving at the time with the Russian army in the war with Turkey. Also included is a typed transcription of the letters.