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Kyrgyz Collection

Background imageKyrgyz Collection: 'Kirghiz Interior; Notes on Western Turkistan, 1875. Creator: Unknown

'Kirghiz Interior; Notes on Western Turkistan, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Kirghiz Interior; Notes on Western Turkistan, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Background imageKyrgyz Collection: Kirghiz Cradle, 1870. Creator: LK Poltoratskaia

Kirghiz Cradle, 1870. Creator: LK Poltoratskaia
Kirghiz Cradle, 1870. From a 42-page album of photographs depicting the Altai, or Altay, region of eastern Siberia and adjoining parts of present-day Kazakhstan, including the city of Semipalatinsk

Background imageKyrgyz Collection: Interior of the tent of the Sultan of the Inner Kyrgyz Horde, Devlet-Girey, 1862

Interior of the tent of the Sultan of the Inner Kyrgyz Horde, Devlet-Girey, 1862. Creator: Karlis Huns
Interior of the tent of the Sultan of the Inner Kyrgyz Horde, Devlet-Girey. 1862. Sheet 49 from the album "Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie", volume 1

Background imageKyrgyz Collection: Kyrgyzska and Kyrgyz, 1862. Creator: Karlis Huns

Kyrgyzska and Kyrgyz, 1862. Creator: Karlis Huns
Kyrgyzska and Kyrgyz, 1862. Sheet 48 from the album "Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie", volume 1

Background imageKyrgyz Collection: Tekin yurts, Bairam-Ali area, Turkmenistan, between 1905 and 1915

Tekin yurts, Bairam-Ali area, Turkmenistan, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Tekin yurts, Bairam-Ali area, Turkmenistan, between 1905 and 1915. A yurt is a portable tent used for housing by the nomadic peoples of Central Asia

Background imageKyrgyz Collection: Two men standing on a rug, in front of yurt, between 1905 and 1915

Two men standing on a rug, in front of yurt, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Two men standing on a rug, in front of yurt, between 1905 and 1915. Portrait of two men, possibly Turkman or Kirgiz, in traditional dress

Background imageKyrgyz Collection: Woman in traditional dress and jewelry standing on rug in front of yurt, between 1905 and 1915

Woman in traditional dress and jewelry standing on rug in front of yurt, between 1905 and 1915
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, between 1905 and 1915

Background imageKyrgyz Collection: Group of eleven adults and children, seated on a rug, in front of a yurt, between 1905 and 1915

Group of eleven adults and children, seated on a rug, in front of a yurt, between 1905 and 1915. Group of people, possibly Turkman or Kirgiz, in traditional dress

Background imageKyrgyz Collection: Nomadic Kirghiz, Golodnaia Steppe, between 1905 and 1915. Creator

Nomadic Kirghiz, Golodnaia Steppe, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Nomadic Kirghiz, Golodnaia (or Golodnaya) Steppe, between 1905 and 1915. Family of three, kneeling in a field. Many Central Asiatic peoples, for example the Kirghiz, Kazakhs, and Uzbeks

Background imageKyrgyz Collection: Kyrgyz-Kazakhs of the Middle Horde Paying a Tax by the Tsar's Decree, 19th century

Kyrgyz-Kazakhs of the Middle Horde Paying a Tax by the Tsar's Decree, 19th century. One of 21 watercolors (out of an original 27)

Background imageKyrgyz Collection: Full-length profile portrait of a woman, possibly Turkman or Kirgiz, standing... between 1905-1915

Full-length profile portrait of a woman, possibly Turkman or Kirgiz, standing... between 1905-1915
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, between 1905 and 1915

Background imageKyrgyz Collection: Man, probably Kazakh or Burut, between 1870 and 1886. Creator: Unknown

Man, probably Kazakh or Burut, between 1870 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Man, probably Kazakh or Burut, between 1870 and 1886

Background imageKyrgyz Collection: Kirgiz Wrestling: Views in the Zaisan District, 1909. Creator: Nikolai Georgievich Katanaev

Kirgiz Wrestling: Views in the Zaisan District, 1909. Creator: Nikolai Georgievich Katanaev
Kirgiz Wrestling: Views in the Zaisan District, 1909. This image is from Vidy territorii Sibirskogo kazach'ego voiska (Views of the territory of the Siberian Cossack Host)

Background imageKyrgyz Collection: Kirghiz Individuals: a Singer, 1870. Creator: LK Poltoratskaia

Kirghiz Individuals: a Singer, 1870. Creator: LK Poltoratskaia
Kirghiz Individuals: a Singer, 1870. From a 42-page album of photographs depicting the Altai, or Altay, region of eastern Siberia and adjoining parts of present-day Kazakhstan

Background imageKyrgyz Collection: Kirghiz yourta by the River Chu, 1869-1870, (1965). Creator: Vasily Vereshchagin

Kirghiz yourta by the River Chu, 1869-1870, (1965). Creator: Vasily Vereshchagin
Kirghiz yourta by the River Chu, 1869-1870, (1965). Yurts (or gers) in Central Asia. Painting, also known as Kirghiz Tents on the River Chu, in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Background imageKyrgyz Collection: Kyrgyz crossing a river, Kyrgyzstan, 1895

Kyrgyz crossing a river, Kyrgyzstan, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)


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