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Views of people and places in and near Siberia from the George Kennan papers
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Mongolia Siberia (Russia) Kazakhstan Russia (Federation)--Siberia |
| Description | Group 13251-1: Landscape views of the Altai mountains, including the Katun range; wildflowers on the steppes; Lake Baikal; women reaping in a field near Krasnoyarsk. Group 13251-2: convicts and exiles being transported; escaped convicts; prisoners working at the mines of Kara; exile laborers in Tiumen.́ Group 13251-3: prisons and forwarding prisons, including the prisons at Irkutsk and Gorni-Zerentui; the mines at Algatcha. Group 13251-4: primarily views of Tomsk, Barnaul, Irkutsk and nearby villages, Ust Kamenogorsk; and the village of Kiakhta, showing the "neutral ground" between China and Siberia. Group 12351-5: people of Siberia including Kirghis horsemen; a district governor, his wife and child, at a Kirghis council tent; Kachinski Tatars posed outside a yurt; a market at Semipalatinsk; a Buddhist monastery near Maimachin (i.e., Altan Bulak). Group 12351-6: miscellaneous images including a ferry with passengers at Semipalatinsk; a tarantas with driver; a Siberian posting sleigh with Kennan standing beside it; the interior of a room; two corpses prepared for burial. Group 12351-7: miscellaneous commercial photos including: a tarantas, probably photographed in the United States; a steamer on the Ob River at Tiumen;́ a peasant woman of Simbirsk and two young girls in traditional clothing; peasants demonstrating a dance; a formal portrait of Mrs. Petronkevich posed as if mixing chemicals; George Kennan posing in convict clothing given to him during his trip; a sailing ship; barges and floating warehouses at a market town(?); composite photograph of buildings in Yekaterinburg. Some photos captioned as Kirghiz, Tartar, and Siberia actually show Kazakhs and Kazakhstan. Corrections made in the online catalog records for individual photos. (Source: S. Satayeva, 2012) |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Transportation--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Markets--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Forts & fortifications--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--1860-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cities & towns--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Mountains--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Russians--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Prisoners--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Villages--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Kazakhstan--1870-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Siberia (Russia)--1870-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Prisons--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Monasteries--Mongolia--1880-1890. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
