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1. Tushetian (Georgian)
2. A member of the Circassian Militia from Anapa
3. Lezgin
Hand-colored engraving on wood, 1880.
Circassian on a horseback, 1816.
Painting by Polish painter and sketch artist Aleksander Orłowski (1777-1832)
Ossetians in the sketches of Alexey Vysheslavtsev (1831-1888)
1. Clearing a snow-covered road in the mountains
2. Carrier
3. In the mountains by the fire
4. Ossetians selling pebbles
A rough sea (On the shores of the Caucasus), 1868.
Painting by Ivan Aivazovsky (Hovhannes Aivazian, 1817-1900)
S.M. Kirov brokers a peace agreement between Ingush and Ossetians, 1938.
Painting by Nikolay Yassievich (1902-1976)
Sergei Kirov was a Soviet statesman and political figure. He was shot dead in December 1934. His murder triggered the start of mass repression in the USSR.
Mountain woman, 1930s.
A painting by the Avar artist Khalilbek Musayasul (1897-1949)