S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky: The Splendors of Russia in Natural Color 1905–1916

Exhibition of Šechtl & Voseček Museum of Photography February–May 2006

 

Hungry (Golodnia) steppe

Кочующие киргизы.

Nomadic Kirghizs.


Many Central Asiatic peoples, for example the Kirghiz, Kazakhs, and Uzbeks, lived nomadic lives on the steppes, valleys, and deserts, migrating seasonally from one place to another as opportunities for obtaining food, water, and shelter changed. Shown here is a young Kirghiz family in colorful traditional dress moving across the Golodnaia (or “Hungry”, today “Mirzachül”) steppe in present-day Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, , LC-DIG-ppmsc-03979. Digital color rendering by Walter Frankhauser.


Назар Магомет.

Nazar Magomet. Golodnaia Steppe.


Hungry (Golodnaia) Steppe area in Kazachstan.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, , LC-DIG-ppmsc-04849. Digital color rendering by Walter Frankhauser.


Неизвестно. В альбомах нет отпечатка.

Unidentified. No print in the albums.


Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, , LC-DIG-prokc-20086. Digital color rendering by Jan Hubička based on color composite by Blaise Agüera y Arcas.

Неизвестно. В альбомах нет отпечатка.

Unidentified. No print in the albums.


In this portrait, Prokudin-Gorksii captures the traditional dress, jewelry, and hairstyle of an Uzbek woman standing on a richly decorated carpet at the entrance to a yurt, a portable tent used for housing by the nomadic peoples of Central Asia. After conquering Turkestan in the mid 1800s, the Russian government exerted strong pressure on the nomadic people to give up their lifestyle, and to settle permanently in villages, towns, and cities.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, , LC-DIG-ppmsc-04412. Digital color rendering by Walter Frankhauser.


Наблюдение солнечного затмения 1/I 1907 г. близ ст. Черняево в горах Тянь-Шаня над Салюктинскими копями.

Observing a solar eclipse on January 1, 1907 [Julian calendar; January 14 in the Gregorian calendar], near the Cherniaevo Station in the Tian-Shan mountains above the Saliuktin mines. Golodnaia Steppe.


Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, , LC-DIG-prokc-21841. Digital color rendering by Jan Hubička based on color composite by Blaise Agüera y Arcas.

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