"The Nine Standards Captured At Erzerum" [Erzurum, Turkey] The Sphere - May 16, 1916
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'Circassian', Illustration by Jean Victor Adam (1801 – 1866) was a French painter and lithographer (St Petersburg, 1830s).
Map of the #Caucasus. Taken from the book "Races of Europe" by William Zebina Ripley. D. Appleton & Co. New York (1915) p.439 Western Asia: Caucasia.
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#Azerbaijan and #Iran | Map drawn for Time, The Weekly Newsmagazine, December 17, 1945 issue. #kurds, #azerbaijanis, #armenians
Boring a well in the #Baku oilfields of South Western #Azerbaijan. The Illustrated London News (London, June 12, 1886).
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'#Chechen'. A portrait of the engraver’s brother. By Lev Evgrafovich Dmitriev-Kavkazsky (1849-1916). The artist added ‘Kavkazsky’ to his surname, stemming from his nickame ‘Caucasian’, since he was born in the Caucasus, to differentiate himself from other artists named Dmitriev.
Book illustrations by Natalya Viktorovna Gumileva-Simonovskaya. "Prisoner of the Caucasus". (1958).
Naguma [Nogmov] Shora (Нэгумэ Шорэ: 1794 - 1844), #Kabardian (Circassian) public figure and enlightener, philologist, poet and Alexander #Pushkin (1799 - 1837), Russian poet, playwright, and novelist.
Kabardians of the Hatokshokua (Atazhukin; ХьэтIохъущыкъуэ) princely family, #Baksan Valley, 1895. #circassians #caucasus
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1. A group of girls and an old woman from the village of #Jek [Dzhek]. Quba district, #Azerbaijan. (1880).
2. A group of men from the villages of Gaput and Alik. Quba district, #Azerbaijan. (1880).
#Jek [#Dzhek] People: https://t.co/sB2X4fMEKf
Photos by D. Yermakov.