Caucasus Collection (#3)

Velta Village on the Ossetian Military Highway
The Ossetian Military Highway. Tower in Velta Village Along the Road to the Mamisson Pass. North Ossetia, Caucasus Mountains. Date: circa 1904

Russian types of Tartar, (i. e. Tatar), women of the Caucasu
Russian types of Tartar, (i.e. Tatar), women of the Caucasus, Russia. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Near the Bagatski Bridge, Caucasus, Russia. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Military road. Fortress in the Dariel Ravine, Caucasus, Russia. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Man from Samegrelo - Georgia
Man from Samegrelo (Samargalo, Megrelia or Mingrelia) - a historic province in the western part of Georgia, formerly also known as Odishi. The Megrelians are an ethnic subgroup of the Georgians

The Bagatski Ravine, Caucasus, Russia. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Georgia - Military Road through the mountains
Caucasus Mountains - Georgian Military Road. Kazbek station and monument. Date: circa 1906

Ossetian Women and Children
Ossetian Women and children from the Caucasus. Today, the Ossetian-speaking area south to the main Caucasus ridge is recognized by most countries as within the borders of Georgia

Nobleman of the Emiritin Nation, Georgia
Ovaliani, a Nobleman of the Emiritin Nation, Georgia. He is wearing a wool Cherkesska jacket with 16 gaziri cartridge holders. Date: 1910s

Baku Railway Station, Azerbaijan Date: 1903

Georgian Porter carrying large furniture
Georgian Porter carrying a large piece of strapped to his (bent) back. furniture Date: circa 1910s

North Staffordshire soldiers on road to Baku, WW1
A group of 7th North Staffordshire soldiers on the road to Baku, Armenia. They formed part of the Dunsterforce during the Armenian-Azerbaijani War

Russian Tea Plantation
Workers on a tea plantation at Chakva, near Batumi, Georgia, Caucasus, Russia. Date: 1938

Street scene in Baku, Armenia, WW1
A street scene in Baku, Armenia, showing the approach to the main quay. British troops had just arrived there after a long march as part of the Dunsterforce during the Armenian-Azerbaijani War

Fruit Shop selling Melons, dates and apples - Georgia Date: 1909

City of the Dead - North Ossetia
The large necropolis ( City of the Dead ) near the Ossetian settlement/village of Dargavs in the Caucasus region of North Ossetia (The Russian Repubic of North Ossetia) (14th century)

Music cover for Two Circassian Polkas, piano pieces composed by Khue Lindoff. Two women of the northern Caucasus are depicted in traditional costume, one in red and white

Gagra, Abkhazia, Georgia. Gagra is on the northeast coast of the Black Sea, at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains. Its subtropical climate made it a popular health resort in Imperial Russian

Georgian soldiers
Georgian Soldiers

Georgia - Georgian Military Road - Station at Mlet
The Georgian Military Road is the historic name for a major route through the Caucasus from Georgia to Russia. Station at Mlet

Georgia - Georgian Military Road - Goudauour Station
The Georgian Military Road is the historic name for a major route through the Caucasus from Georgia to Russia. This is the Station at Goudauour

Georgia - Georgian Woman of the Caucasus

Georgia - Rustic Country Wedding of the Turkic Karachaevtsy people

Camels pull harvester - Southern Russia
Camels used as draft animals to pull American Harvesting machines, in use on the Russian Steppes of the Caucasus region

Caucasus, Young Circassian Dervishes with ney player. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Caucasus - Dervish with swordfish sword
Caucasus - Derivish with swordfish sword and begging bowl. Darwesh or Dervish, as it is known in European languages, refers to members of Sufi Muslim ascetic religious Tariqahs - tariket

The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Baku, Azerbaijan
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (often referred to as The Gilt Church ) was the main Russian Orthodox cathedral in Baku, Azerbaijan from 1898

Tartar Carriage, Azerbaijan
Tartar Carriage - used by local people in the district of Baku, Azerbaijan

Armenian ladies of Akalzik, Caucasus
A group of Armenian ladies of Akalzik, Caucasus

Tsar Inspecting Cossacks
NICOLAS II OF RUSSIA Tsar Nicolas II and his son Alexei, the Tsarevich inspecting Cossack troops of the Caucasus during World War One

Derbendt Russia
The town of Derbendt or Derbent, now in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, but once part of Persia. Figures in local dress and camels are in the foreground, with the walled city and hills beyond

Menstruation Caucasus
Menstruating women of the Chevsur people of Daghestan in southern Russia must keep themselves apart from their tribe in a menstruation hut

Gherghebil in Dagestan
The Village of Gherghebil showing houses built on top of each other. This compactness has helped the villagers defend themselves from attack

Archer from the Caucasus
A warrior from the Caucasus region in Eurasia (loosely determined by Russia to the North, Iran to the south, the Black Sea to the west and the Caspian sea to the east)

PROMETHEUS
For stealing fire for mankind, Zeus chains the Titan Prometheus to Mount Caucasus where a vulture devours his liver until he is delivered by Herakles

Tartars Attacked
At Baku, in the Caucasus, Tartar rebels are attacked harshly by government troops when they set fire to naphtha wells

Rebels Fire Wells
At Baku, in the Caucasus, rebels set fire to naphtha wells

1859 / Shamil Surrenders
The Caucasian leader Shamil surrenders to Prince Barriatinski, thus effectively ending Caucasian resistance to Russian subjugation

Russia / 1936 / Rebels
Caucasus rebels fight government troops

Russian Soldier
David Kernaschavili, Jewish soldier from the Caucasus mountains, fighting the Germans during World War One

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