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Photo, Print, Drawing Vid bliz Nilovskoĭ pustyni. Вид близ Ниловской пустыни.

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Title

  • Vid bliz Nilovskoĭ pustyni.

Other Title

  • Вид близ Ниловской пустыни.

Translated Title

  • Landcape near Nilova Pustyn'.

Summary

  • This view is from of an album of photographs and prints showing 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.

Names

  • Milevskiy, Peter Adamovich, associated name.

Created / Published

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

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Stanislav Evgenʹevich Vronskiĭ (1840 ili 1843 - 1898) - polʹskiĭ zhivopiset︠s︡ i risovalʹshchik. Za uchastie v polʹskom vosstanii 1863 g. byl soslan v Sibirʹ. Neodnokratno uchastvoval kak risovalʹshchik v ėkspedit︠s︡ii︠a︡kh Vostochno-Sibirskogo otdelenii︠a︡ Russkogo geografichesk.
  • -  S kartiny S.E.Vronskogo. Iz alʹboma "Irkutsk i okrestnosti".
  • -  Original image at: National Library of Russia
  • -  From the photo album "Иркутск и окрестности."
  • -  Станислав Евгеньевич Вронский (1840 или 1843 - 1898) - польский живописец и рисовальщик. За участие в польском восстании 1863 г. был сослан в Сибирь. Неоднократно участвовал как рисовальщик в экспедициях Восточно-Сибирского отделения Русского географическ.
  • -  С картины С.Е.Вронского. Из альбома "Иркутск и окрестности".

Medium

  • 1 photograph.

Source Collection

  • Irkutsk and Its Surroundings

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018688806

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Milevskiy, Peter Adamovich, Associated Name. Vid bliz Nilovskoĭ pustyni. Russian Federation Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk, 1880. [Irkutsk, Russia: publisher not identified, to 1889] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018688806/.

APA citation style:

Milevskiy, P. A. (1880) Vid bliz Nilovskoĭ pustyni. Russian Federation Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk, 1880. [Irkutsk, Russia: publisher not identified, to 1889] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018688806/.

MLA citation style:

Milevskiy, Peter Adamovich, Associated Name. Vid bliz Nilovskoĭ pustyni. [Irkutsk, Russia: publisher not identified, to 1889] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018688806/>.