Russia (119 Subjects)
Traditional pipes of Russia.
View of Moscow from Bersenevsk area.
Footwear common to several countries of the North, especially Scandinavia and Russia.
A carriage transported across river in Russia.
View of the city of Tula, south of Moscow.
Burial mounds in the Russian steppe.
Women from Penza, whom the author encountered in the city of Voronezh, Russia.
Woman from Voronezh, Russia.
The author's carriage crossing the stepe of Kuban, Russia.
Portrait of woman from Kalmykia.
Icons of Indian deities worshiped by the Kalmyk nomads of the Caucasus.
Map of the environs of Rostov-on-Don at the sea of Azov.
Double canoe widely used by the Cossacks of Don river.
Map of Novocherkassk, capital of the Cossacks of Don river.
View of Novocherkassk, capital of the Cossacks of Don river.
Cossacks of Novocherkassk enjoying their bath in the Don during the flood season.
Tatar of Astrakhan area (Nagoy tribe) travels in traditional vehicle.
Ancient tombs on Don river near the Black Sea, Russia.
Map of the Don-Volga canal. Initially envisioned by the Ottomans and later by the Russians, the canal, which connects the Sea of Azov to the Caspian Sea was only completed in 1950.
Post office at southern Kuban, area inhabited by Tatar tribes, Russia.
Observatory from which the Tatars of Kuban watched the movements of their Kirkassian neighbours. According to the author, in summer a fire was lit in these nests to keep the mosquitoes away.
Tomb and votive offerings from Taman, Russia.
Greek inscription from Crimea peninsula.
Incription of the Byzantine period from Crimea.
Sarcophagus from Asiatic Sarmatia (historical region west of the Caspian sea), used as a cistern, at the surroundings of Yeni Kale fortress in Crimea.
View of the Cimmerian Bosporus or Strait of Kerch (where the Black Sea joins the Sea of Azov). On the bottom right, Taman volcano, surnamed Prekla (hell) by the locals.
Coins of the kingdom of Cimmerian Bosporus (southern and eastern shores of the Sea of Azov), in the author's collection.
The putative tomb of Mithridates at Kerch, Crimea.
View of Cimmerian Bosporus or Strait of Kerch withn the port of Kerch (anc. Panticapaeum), Crimea. In the background, the coast of Phanagoria, today Taman peninsula, Russia.
View of the palace of the Khans of Crimea at Bahçesaray, Crimea.