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(#Ossetians) from Styr-Digora [North Ossetia]. The Digor are a subgroup of the Ossetians.

Photos from the travels of Mór Déchy (Hungarian geographer 1851-1917) to the in 1884-1887.

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2019-06-25

from Rutulsky [#Rutul] District, (1952).

Rutuls are an ethnic group in Dagestan and some parts of They call themselves 'mjukhadar'.'The Rutul language is a member of the Northeast Caucasian language family. See: https://t.co/PTTcCDW9bR

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2019-06-21

+ The Persian yellow rose (Rosa foetida) is native to the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia. by Sydenham Teast Edwards for "The Botanical Magazine", v. 11 (1797), in via ➡️ https://t.co/woVvQZpvzk 🌹

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2019-06-18

Mountain [#Caucasus] Jews. Second half of the 19th century. Photos by Dmitry Alekseevich Nikitin.

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2019-06-13

Traditional performance of the Nart tales at a shrine in the village of Edys (Urs-Tual community of (1923). The sagas are a series of tales originating from the North

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2019-06-12

"The Watcher" (Angry waits at the with knives while Japan approaches from behind) (1942). Cartoon from Punch magazine by Bernard Partridge (1861-1945).

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2019-06-12

'Ethnic types' (Publication date: 1888)

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2019-06-11

Atlas 'Tartaria d'Europa' (1684), by Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola (1643-1695), Italian cartographer and engraver active in 17th century Italy.

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2019-06-10

"Ethnographical Map of the Eastern | taken from page 413 of 'A Trip through the Eastern Caucasus, with a chapter on the languages of the country ... With maps, etc' (1889) by John Abercromby, 5th Baron Abercromby (1841-1924), Scottish soldier and archaeologist.

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2019-06-07

One of the first Marxist group in the of yard and street cleaners during their classes. Tiflis [#Tbilisi], Photo by Dmitri Yermakov (1846-1916)

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2019-06-06

“The Russo-Turkish Enigma - Where the Two Countries March Side by Side: A Consideration of the Caucasian Topography” | The Sphere - January 18, 1941

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2019-05-23

"#Circassia and the | The Penny Magazine. (April 14, 1838).

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2019-05-23

Oriental massage in the old [Tbilisi] bath. Photo by Dmitri Yermakov (1846-1916)

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2019-05-22

1. Map of the and the rout of the Scientific Mission by Ernest Chantre (1881).
2. The ethnographic map of the Caucasus, based partly on the researches of Ernest Chantre (1887).

Ernest Chantre (1843-1924) was a prominent French archaeologist and anthropologist.

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2019-05-21

Henri Cartier-Bresson is in the |

1. 7 November 1972.
2. 7 November 1972.
3. Hotel Intourist. Chambermaids. Baku, 1972
4. Parade of foreign students of the Petroleum Institute. Baku, 7 November 1972.

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2019-05-14

Henri Cartier-Bresson is in the |

1. Master of Armenian brandy making Margar Sedrakyan. 1972.
2. Visitors at village on the Lake Sevan. 1972.
3. Heart disease at main hospital. 1972.
4. Guard in the museum. Yerevan, Armenia, 1972

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2019-05-14

Caucasian Types | Types du Caucase postcard collection.

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.

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2019-05-11

Caucasian Types | “Types du Caucase” postcard collection.

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2019-05-11

Hanguassa Kallagova: The mother who lost five sons in Kallagov brothers: Dzambolat, Mysost, Cantemir, Tatarkan and Matsyko from Khadgaron (North

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2019-05-09