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Collection Photo, Print, Drawing Irkutsk i okrestnosti. Иркутск и окрестности.

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Title

  • Irkutsk i okrestnosti.

Other Title

  • Иркутск и окрестности.

Translated Title

  • Irkutsk and Its Surroundings.

Summary

  • This album of photographs and prints dating from 1880 shows highlights of the city of Irkutsk and its surrounding region in the late 19th century. Irkutsk was at that time the center of Siberian cultural and intellectual life. The buildings shown include the Museum of Regional Studies, a technical school, orphanage, hotels, and the Church of Our Lady of Kazan. Other photographs in the album show the suburb of Glazkovo and villages in the Irkutsk region, including one on the shores of Lake Baikal. The album also includes photographs of the native Buriat people, who are Buddhist, and the local Buddhist datsan (university monastery). The album contains 20 photographs and, at the end, three prints. The prints are of drawings showing the natural beauty of the region. The subjects of the photographs are recorded in ink on the back of each image. The album is preserved in the National Library of Russia and was digitized for the Meeting of Frontiers digital library project in the early 2000s. World Digital Library.

Created / Published

  • Irkutsk, Russia : [publisher not identified], 1880-1889.

Headings

  • -  Fotografii -- 1880-1889
  • -  Goroda -- Irkutsk -- 1880-1889
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Russian Federation
  • -  Irkutsk Oblast
  • -  Irkutsk
  • -  Фотографии -- 1880-1889
  • -  Города -- Иркутск -- 1880-1889

Notes

  • -  Na originalʹnykh fotografii︠a︡kh predstavleny vidy goroda Irkutska (kulʹtovye sooruzhenii︠a︡, zhilye doma, uchrezhdenii︠a︡ kulʹtury, vospitatelʹnye i uchebnye zavedenii︠a︡) i ego okrestnosteĭ. Na ri︠a︡de fotografiĭ stoit shtamp ili faksimile fotografa Vostochno-Sibirskogo otdela.
  • -  Nazvanii︠a︡ vsekh fotografiĭ - na oborote ot ruki chernilami.
  • -  Original image at: National Library of Russia
  • -  На оригинальных фотографиях представлены виды города Иркутска (культовые сооружения, жилые дома, учреждения культуры, воспитательные и учебные заведения) и его окрестностей. На ряде фотографий стоит штамп или факсимиле фотографа Восточно-Сибирского отдела.
  • -  Названия всех фотографий - на обороте от руки чернилами.

Medium

  • 1 album.

Source Collection

  • Irkutsk and Its Surroundings

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018688783

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Irkutsk I Okrestnosti. Irkutsk Russian Federation Irkutsk Oblast, 1880. [Irkutsk, Russia: publisher not identified, to 1889] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018688783/.

APA citation style:

(1880) Irkutsk I Okrestnosti. Irkutsk Russian Federation Irkutsk Oblast, 1880. [Irkutsk, Russia: publisher not identified, to 1889] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018688783/.

MLA citation style:

Irkutsk I Okrestnosti. [Irkutsk, Russia: publisher not identified, to 1889] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018688783/>.