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[Full-length profile portrait of a woman, possibly Turkman or Kirgiz, standing on a carpet at the entrance to a yurt, dressed in traditional clothing and jewelry]

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A woman standing in front of a thatched hut.

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A comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s. Commissioned by General Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufman (1818–82), the first governor-general of Russian Turkestan.

The Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection features color photographic surveys of the vast Russian Empire made between ca. 1905 and 1915. Frequent subjects among the 2,607 distinct images include people, religious architecture, historic sites, industry and agriculture, public works construction, scenes along water and railway transportation routes, and views of villages and cities. An active photographer and scientist, Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook most of his ambitious color documentary project from 1909 to 1915. The Library of Congress purchased the collection from the photographer's sons in 1948.

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yurts uzbeks clothing and dress women structures rugs asia central color separation negatives ethnographic photographs glass negatives portrait photographs asia profile portrait woman turkman kirgiz carpet entrance yurt jewelry color prokudin gorskii russian empire in color russian empire textiles rugs images of yurts library of congress russian
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Date

01/01/1905
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Contributors

Prokudin-Gorskiĭ, Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1863-1944, photographer
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Types of Nationalities in the Turkestan

Part of a comprehensive visual survey of Russian Empire's Central Asia

Russia's True Colors

The Prokudin-Gorskii Collection features color photographic surveys of the vast Russian Empire made between 1905 and 1915
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asia
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on publication. For additional information on commercial use, see "Prokudin-Gorskii...," http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/237_prok.html

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yurts uzbeks clothing and dress women structures rugs asia central color separation negatives ethnographic photographs glass negatives portrait photographs asia profile portrait woman turkman kirgiz carpet entrance yurt jewelry color prokudin gorskii russian empire in color russian empire textiles rugs images of yurts library of congress russian