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Muslim herders, mountaineers & tribesmen of the Russian Empire
 [Daily Mail] American explorer George Kennan, from Ohio, collected hundreds of cartes de visites from across Russia. These fascinating portraits showcase the diversity of those living in the Russian Empire during 1870s and 1880s. The intriguing images, were captured by the American explorer George Kennan as he travelled around Siberia.In 1864, he secured employment with the Russian–American Telegraph Company to survey a route for a proposed overland telegraph line through Siberia and across the Bering Strait. During 1870, he returned to St. Petersburg and travelled to Dagestan, in the northern Caucasus region, which had been annexed by the Russian Empire only ten years previously. There he became the first American to explore its highlands, a remote Muslim region of herders, silversmiths, carpet-weavers and other craftsmen. He traveled onward through the northern Caucasus area, stopping in Samashki and Grozny, before returning once more to America in 1871. In May 1885, Kennan began another voyage in Russia, this time across Siberia from Europe. Posted by: ryuge 2017-02-27 |
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