Georgische regio's aan het einde van de 19e eeuw

Historische foto's van fotograaf Dmitri Ermakov.

Van Mr. Rolf Gross verzameling.


Tiflis, the Variety of its Ethnic People



A Gurian from Southwestern Georgia



Wife of a rich Armenian merchant



An Osseti from the mountains. The Osseti are the last remnants of Gothic tribes.



A Georgian priest and his wife



Georgian sharpshooter



Head-wash in the Hamam



Georgian Heroes in chain mail – posing in the studio...


Georgian Tribes


Khartli, the Heartland of Eastern Georgia



Local Saints Day in Mtskheta (Mtskhetoba)



All the women loaded on a Georgian Arba -
the prerogative of the Christian Georgian women!



The ancient cave city of Uplistikhe near Gori



Mtskheta, the old Georgian capital. The Georgian kings
are buried in its cathedral Tsveti Skoveli


The Georgian Military Road and Mount Kazbeg



The mail coach to Vladikavkas on the Georgian Military Road
built by the Russians in the 19th century.



Mount Kazbeg and the church of Mtatsminda Kazbegi,
one of the landmarks of Georgia


Western Georgia



Old Priest



Kutaisi, the Jewish quarter



Oxcart in Kutaisi



Kutaisi, Moslem butchers prepare for the ritual slaughtering of a calf


Svaneti, The Mythical High Valley in the Western Caucasus



Svaneti, Repussé icon of St George



Svaneti, Family portrait of the princely Dadeshkeliani, the Knyaz of Svaneti



Svaneti, Two Dadeshkeliani princesses



And if you didn't believe it, in Chevsureti they still wore
chain-mail in the early 20th century!