Abkhazia Collection

New inn, Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
New inn, Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. A hotel with chauffeur-driven automobile parked in front, in what is now Abkhazia/Georgia

Three-quarter length portrait of man, seated, facing front, between 1870 and 1886. Creator: George Kennan
Three-quarter length portrait of man, seated, facing front, between 1870 and 1886. Inscribed on verso: Karabakhski "Arab" Negro mountainier

Gagra wharf, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Gagra wharf, between 1905 and 1915. Resort on the Black Sea coast in what is now Abkhazia/Georgia. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Sea coast at Gagra (toward Adler), between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Sea coast at Gagra (toward Adler), between 1905 and 1915. The Black Sea coast in what is now Abkhazia/Georgia. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Monastery ponds, Novyi Afon [monastery], between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Monastery ponds, Novyi Afon [monastery], between 1905 and 1915. Wooden buildings at the New Athos Monastery, Abkhazia. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Church in Koldakhvary, eight versts from Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Church in Koldakhvary, eight versts from Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Timber buildings with mountains beyond, in what is now Abkhazia/Georgia

Sunset in Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Sunset in Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Evening on the Black Sea in what is now Abkhazia/Georgia. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Gagra: from the wharf, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Gagra: from the wharf, between 1905 and 1915. Boathouse and mast by the shore of the Black Sea. The town of Gagra is situated at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains

View from the south, Novyi Afon [monastery], between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
View from the south, Novyi Afon [monastery], between 1905 and 1915. The New Athos Monastery with cypress trees in foreground, Abkhazia

Temporary inn, Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Temporary inn, Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Black Sea holiday resort for the rich in what is now Abkhazia/Georgia. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

In the monastery's garden, Novyi Afon, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
In the monastery's garden, Novyi Afon, between 1905 and 1915. Fruit trees in the New Athos Monastery garden, Abkhazia

General view of the ruins of a castle near the Bzyb River, from the highway, between 1905 and 1915. Ruined fortress in Abkhazia

Gagra: view of Prince Oldenburg's palace from the wharf, between 1905 and 1915. Palace and a hotel built by Duke Peter of Oldenburg during Gagra's heyday as a Black Sea holiday resort for

Koldakhvary: shed for drying corn, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Koldakhvary [in Abkhazia/Georgia]: shed for drying corn, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Peasant apiary near Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Peasant apiary near Gagra, [Abkhazia/Georgia], between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Man standing next to cotton plants, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Man standing next to cotton plants at the Sukhumi Botanical Gardens, between 1905 and 1915. The moderate, Mediterranean-like climate of the Black Sea region allowed cultivation of crops that would

New Athos, 1898. Artist: Redkovsky, Andrei Alexeevich (1831-1909)
New Athos, 1898. Found in the collection of the Regional A. Deineka Art Gallery, Kursk

Sukhum Kale, 19th century. Artist: Pyotr Petrovich Vereshchagin
Sukhum Kale, 19th century. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

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