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
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A Gurian from Southwestern Georgia
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Wife of a rich Armenian merchant
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An Osseti from the mountains. The Osseti are the last remnants of Gothic tribes.
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A Georgian priest and his wife
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Georgian sharpshooter
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Head-wash in the Hamam
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Georgian Heroes in chain mail – posing in the studio...
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Georgian Tribes
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Khartli, the Heartland of Eastern Georgia
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Local Saints Day in Mtskheta (Mtskhetoba)
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All the women loaded on a Georgian Arba - the prerogative of the Christian Georgian women!
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The ancient cave city of Uplistikhe near Gori
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Mtskheta, the old Georgian capital. The Georgian kings are buried in its cathedral Tsveti Skoveli
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The Georgian Military Road and Mount Kazbeg
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The mail coach to Vladikavkas on the Georgian Military Road built by the Russians in the 19th century.
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Mount Kazbeg and the church of Mtatsminda Kazbegi, one of the landmarks of Georgia
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Western Georgia
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Old Priest
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Kutaisi, the Jewish quarter
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Oxcart in Kutaisi
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Kutaisi, Moslem butchers prepare for the ritual slaughtering of a calf
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Svaneti, The Mythical High Valley in the Western Caucasus
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Svaneti, Repussé icon of St George
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Svaneti, Family portrait of the princely Dadeshkeliani, the Knyaz of Svaneti
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Svaneti, Two Dadeshkeliani princesses
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And if you didn't believe it, in Chevsureti they still wore chain-mail in the early 20th century!
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