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1. #Armenian
2. #Georgian
3. #Kabardian (#Circassian) Prince
By Adolphe François Pannemaker
Belgian engraver (1822-1900).
Henri Cartier-Bresson is in the #Caucasus | #Azerbaijan
1. #Baku, #Azerbaijan. 7 November 1972.
2. #Baku, 7 November 1972.
3. Hotel Intourist. Chambermaids. Baku, 1972
4. Parade of foreign students of the Petroleum Institute. Baku, 7 November 1972.
Caucasian Types | Types du Caucase postcard collection. #caucasus
Tellingly, the legends on the postcards are in Russian and French, which designates them as being for the members of the elites of that time.
Caucasian Types | “Types du Caucase” postcard collection. #caucasus
1. #Lezgian
2. #Mingrelian
3. #Ossetians
4. #Karachays
Hanguassa Kallagova: The mother who lost five sons in #WW2. Kallagov brothers: Dzambolat, Mysost, Cantemir, Tatarkan and Matsyko from Khadgaron (North #Ossetia). #caucasus
Intourist was responsible for attracting, accommodating and escorting all foreign guests.
#Intourist was founded in 1929 by the People's Commissariat of Commerce, the People's Commissariat of Railways and the Sovtorgflot merchant fleet. Its name was a contraction of inostrannyj turist (foreign tourists).