Yurt Collection

Omsk - Western Siberia - Kazakh children in front of their yurt tent Date: circa 1903

Kazakh yurt in cross section, Kazakhstan
Kazakh yurt in cross section with ornaments. A cauldron for cooking is in the middle, with storage chests, furniture, crockery and kitchenware. 20th century

Princess Nirgidma visits Citroen Central Asian Expedition
Princess Palta (Nirgidma), Princess of the Torghuts, a nomadic people in Central Asia visits the Citroen Central Asian Anthropological Expedition (3rd Mission, led by Haardt) at Ouroumtsi

Ancient metal workers, Kazakhstan
Two Kazakh craftsmen (blacksmiths) shaping metal by hammering. In the background are a yurt, horses, camels and camel keeper. BCE

Kazakh yurt - exterior, with open door. 20th century

Yurt in cross-section, Kazakhstan
Yurt in cross section, showing interior, Kazakhstan. A cauldron for cooking is in the middle, and the family are having dinner. 20th century

Umay the goddess of fertility, Kazakhstan
Umay is the Mother of Earth, also known as the goddess of fertility in the religion of Tengriism (Tengrism), Kazakhstan. She holds her arms around the yurt to protect the baby

Kazakh village in Zhailau, during Nauryz (Spring holiday)
People in a high altitude summer pasture in Zhailau (Jailou), located in the Ile-Alatau State National Natural Park, Kazakhstan, during Nauryz (the traditional Spring holiday)

Bedouin camp in the desrt, North Africa, Algeria
Vintage 19th century photograph - Bedouin camp in the desrt, North Africa, Algeria

Barberton, De Kaap Gold Fields, South Africa
19th century vintage photograph: Barberton, De Kaap Gold Fields, South Africa

Kazakh yurt on a wheeled platform. 20th century

Uzbekistan - Nomadic Uzbeks - Tashkent with Yurt and pot
Uzbekistan - Nomadic Uzbeks - Tashkent with Yurt, drying rack, horses and lare cooking pot. Date: circa 1908

Altay - Russia
The Altay or Altai are an ethnic group of Turkic people living in the Siberian Altai Republic and Altai Krai and surrounding areas of Tuva and Mongolia. circa 1910s

Turkmenistan - Delivery of some modern cot beds
The Modern World reaches everywhere (or at least the Soviet propaganda machine!)... A family in Turkmenistan receive some new metal-frame cot beds for their young children

Turkmenistan - Family group standing in front of their yurt tent. Date: circa 1910s

Home of the Kyrgyz people near Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Winter homes (yurts) of Kyrgyz people near Tashkent, Uzbekistan. There are still 250, 000 Kyrgyz living in Uzbekistan. Date: circa 1910s

Ger (Yurt) of the Buryats people - near Ulan-Ude, Siberia
Ger (Yurt) of the Buryats people (ethnic Mongols) - near Ulan-Ude, Eastern Siberia, Russia Date: circa 1908

Tuvinian in traditional clothes on a horse wearing a traditional harness, in front of a yurt. Erzin settlement, South Tuva, Russia

Kyrgyz Family outside their yurt - Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Family (a Turkic people living primarily in Kyrgyzstan) - outside their Yurt. Date: circa 1910s

Yurt and family - Far Eastern Siberian Russia Date: circa 1920s

Russia, Siberia - A Kyrygyz tent (yurt) Date: 1905

Turkmenistan - Familes and their tents
Turkmenistan - Family group standing amid their yurt tents Date: circa 1903

Mongolia - Men chatting outside a yurt Date: circa 1920s

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