Siberia Collection (page 32)

The Siberian gold convoy, 1900s-1910s. Artist: Baumgartner-Stoiloff, Adolf (1850-1924)
The Siberian gold convoy, 1900s-1910s. From a private collection

Detail of a horseman and seated man from felt Scythian wall-hanging from tomb five at Pazyryk, Altai, in Russia. now in the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg

Scythian saddle-cover with applied felt decoration, 5th century BC
Scythian saddle-cover with applied felt decoration showing a gryphon attack from Barrow I, Pazyryk, Altai, 5th century BC

Detail of Scythian pile carpet, 5th century BC
Detail of Scythian pile carpet from Scythian tomb at Pazyryk, Altai, Russia, 5th century BC

Detail of an Iranian cloth shabrack, found in a Scythian tomb, 5th century BC
Detail of an Iranian cloth shabrack, showing women at an altar, found in the burial-mound of a Scythian chief at Pazyryk, Russia, 5th century BC

Detail of a Chinese embroidered silk tussore with a phoenix from a Scythian tomb
Detail of a Chinese embroidered silk tussore with a phoenix, the earliest known example of chinese silk surviving in good condition

Detail of a tiger on a Scythian sarcophagus made of Siberian cedar from the burial mound Bashadur 2 in Altai in Russia. now in the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg

Scythian wooden harness-ornament, 5th century BC
Scythian wooden harness-ornament from the frozen tomb of a chief. Found in barrow three at Pazyryk, Altai, in Russia. From the Heritage Museum in St Petersburg, 5th century BC

Scythian riding outfit found in a tomb, 5th century BC
Scythian riding outfit. The central face represents a local facial type at the time. Found in barrow one, Pazyryk. Now in the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg, 5th century BC

Detail of Scythian pendant shaped like two deer, 5th century BC
Detail of Scythian pendant shaped like two deer, from a riding outfit. Found in barrow one, Pazyryk, Altai, in Russia. Currently in the Hermitage Museum, Russia, 5th century BC

Sarmatian gold eagle holding an ibex
Sarmatian gold eagle holding an Ibex, from Siberia

Beginning of the Russian conquest of Siberia, 1580 (c1900). Cossacks under Yermak Timofeyevich attacking the army of Khan Kuchum on the River Irtysh

Exiled Russian prisoner being disciplined, 1874. Russian citizens sentenced to exile being taken on their journey to Siberia to begin their exile

Siberian reserve taking up positions, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. Siberian reserve taking up positions with 6-inch guns for the defence of 203 Metre Hill, August 1904

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