Типы населения Малороссии......Peoples of Russia in photographs - 1870s

Дореволюционная Россия на фотографиях
Типы населения Малороссии, Бессарабии, на Кавказе
1870-е гг.
Фотографии Рауль Жан

Pre-revolutionary Russia in photographs
The peoples of Little Russia, Bessarabia and the Caucasus
1870s
Photographs by J. Raoul

J.X. Raoult , a French born photographer had a photographic studio
in Odessa
In 1870-ies he traveled to Russia, creating staged photographs
of an ethnographic genre in the central areas of the country.
These included present-day Ukraine, Bessarabia and the Caucasus.

These are a unique record and wonderful quality photographs
of the Russian people back in the late 19th century

Music:
"Blue Duckling" played here by the Russian Balalaika Orchestra & Vyacheslav Grokhovsky

Видео Типы населения Малороссии......Peoples of Russia in photographs - 1870s канала Nigel Fowler Sutton