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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.
Eventually captured in 1859, he was welcomed to St Petersburg as an (inter)national hero, being honoured by the Emperor, praised by intellectuals and portrayed by artists, including Denier, one of Russia leading photographers.
Schamyl [Shamil, 3rd Imam of #Dagestan] (1797–1871).
Image taken from page 198 of 'A journey from London to Persepolis; including wanderings in Daghestan, Georgia, Armenia ... With numerous coloured illustrations' by John Ussher. (London, 1865).
"A Kalmuc [#Kalmyk] man & woman and a Priest of that Nation - a Nogay [#Nogai] Musician and peasants of Russia Minor in their summer dresses - Inguskians [#Ingush], Inhabitants of Mount #Caucasus and a Turkhman [#Turkmen]." | Smith's Geography, by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, (1809).
'Ethnographic description of the peoples of Russia' (1862) by Gustave Theodor Pauly, (1817 - 1867). Gustave Theodor Pauly was a Russian ethnographer of the 19th century, a member of the Russian Geographical Society, although a German by birth, was known as Fyodor Khristianovich.