[1] The bank was created to provide cheap loans to Russian landed nobility as the mortgages of their estates.
[2] The bank applied to the European part of the Russian Empire, excluding the Grand Duchy of Finland, the Kingdom of Poland, the Baltic Governorates and the Transcaucasus.
In accordance with the Regulation of 26.6.1889 the estate could be appointed to auction, but in practice it was not applied.
[3] In 1890, Bank's activities were extended to the Transcaucasus, in 1894 — to the Western province of the Empire.
[4] In November 25 (December 8) of 1917 the Bank was abolished by the decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR.