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Collection Photo, Print, Drawing Altaĭskiĭ al'bom. Алтайский альбом.

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About this Item

Title

  • Altaĭskiĭ al'bom.

Other Title

  • Алтайский альбом.

Translated Title

  • The Altai Album.

Summary

  • Presented here is 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. Compiled in 1870 by L. K. Poltoratskaia, the work is part of a collection of albums in the Prints Division of the National Library of Russia documenting expeditions to Siberia and the Russian Far East undertaken mostly in the late 19th century. The photographs depict glaciers, mountains, rivers, lakes and other landscapes, the local Kyrgyz people, and scenes from Semipalatinsk. The photographs are labeled in Russian. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Poltorat︠s︡kai︠a︡, L. K.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1870-1879

Headings

  • -  Fotografii -- 1870-1879
  • -  Altaĭ -- 1870-1879
  • -  Russia
  • -  Siberian Cities
  • -  Altai
  • -  ethnography
  • -  peoples of Siberia
  • -  Фотографии -- 1870-1879
  • -  Алтай -- 1870-1879

Notes

  • -  The item is missing sheets 30 & 33.
  • -  Fotografii al'boma vypolneny pervym fotografom Altai︠a︡ i odnoĭ iz pervykh russkikh fotografov-zhenshchin Li︠u︡bov'i︠u︡ Poltorat︠s︡koĭ. Sredi fotografiĭ - vidy rek Katuni, Bukhtarmy, Chindagatui︠a︡, vodopadov i porogov na nikh, i Katunskogo i Berel'skogo lednika.
  • -  Original image at: National Library of Russia
  • -  Фотографии альбома выполнены первым фотографом Алтая и одной из первых русских фотографов-женщин Любовью Полторацкой. Среди фотографий - виды рек Катуни, Бухтармы, Чиндагатуя, водопадов и порогов на них, и Катунского и Берельского ледника.

Medium

  • 1 photograph : 42 lista s fotografii︠a︡mi razlichnogo razmera ; na paspartu 34 x 48 cm.

Source Collection

  • Altai Album

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018683644

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Poltorat︠S︡Kai︠A︡, L. K. Altaĭskiĭ Al'bom. , 1870. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1879] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018683644/.

APA citation style:

Poltorat︠S︡Kai︠A︡, L. K. (1870) Altaĭskiĭ Al'bom. , 1870. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1879] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018683644/.

MLA citation style:

Poltorat︠S︡Kai︠A︡, L. K. Altaĭskiĭ Al'bom. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1879] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018683644/>.