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Portrait photo of Miesta obshchestvennykh sborishch. Kuknar khane
Summary
Photograph shows men at an outdoor teahouse which specializes in tea made from poppy pods. A samaovar is on the right side of the photo.
Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 87.
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.
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Date
01/01/1865
Location
Turkmenistan, 38.96972, 59.55628
Source
Library of Congress
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