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Map showing the author's route.

Tags: Edward Daniel Clarke, Maps, Russia, Travel, Ukraine

Map of the port of Sebastopol, Crimea.

Tags: Black Sea, Maps, Ports, Russia, Sevastopol, Ukraine

Map of Crimea.

Tags: Black Sea, Crimea, Maps, Russia, Sea of Azov, Ukraine

The junction of the Bosporus and Black Sea. On the hill, Yoros castle, also known as Genoese castle, on the Asiatic shore of the Bosporus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bithynia, Black Sea, Bosporus, Castles and fortresses, Human types, Istanbul, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)

View of the port of İğneada, north of Istanbul, at the Black Sea.

Tags: Black Sea, İğneada, Maps, Ports, Thrace, Turkey

View of Snake Island at the Black Sea. According to the myth, this is were Thetis took the bodies of Achilles and Patroclus.

Tags: Black Sea, Boats and ships, Greek mythology, Mythology, Natural environment, Snake Island / anc. Leuce, Ukraine, Views

Byzantine inscription from Pontic Olbia or Borysthenes, seen by the author at a church in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Black Sea, Byzantine inscriptions, Inscriptions, Mykolaiv, Pontic Olbia / Borysthenes, Ukraine

Ancient Greek inscription from the city of Pontic Olbia or Borysthenes, seen by the author at a church in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Black Sea, Inscriptions, Mykolaiv, Pontic Olbia / Borysthenes, Ukraine

Ancient Greek inscription from the city of Pontic Olbia or Borysthenes, seen by the author at a church in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Black Sea, Inscriptions, Mykolaiv, Pontic Olbia / Borysthenes, Ukraine

Coin of ancient Borysthenes or Pontic Olbia, a city in Sarmatia (historical region west of the Caspian Sea), near the mouth of Dnieper river.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Black Sea, Coins, Dnieper river / anc. Borysthenes, Pontic Olbia / Borysthenes, Rivers, Russia, Ukraine

Family of Tatar nomads spends the night at the steppe.

Tags: Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Nomads, Russia, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Tatars, Ukraine, Women

View of Chatyr-Dan mountain range near Simferopol, Crimea.

Tags: Animals, Black Sea, Bovids, Chatyr-Dan, Human types, Mountains, Natural environment, Professions, Russia, Shepherds, Simferopol, Ukraine

Tomb of British prison reformer John Howard at Kerch, Crimea.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Funerary monuments, History, Horses, Human types, John Howard, Kerch / anc. Pantikapaion, Russia, Ukraine

Plant of the genus Salvia, Minth family.

Tags: Black Sea, Crimea, Mentha, Natural environment, Plants, Russia, Salvia, Ukraine

View of Cape Fiolent between Sebastopol and Balaklava, Crimea.

Tags: Black Sea, Boats and ships, Cape Fiolent, Crimea, Natural environment, Russia, Ukraine, Views

View of the interior chambers of the Genoese castle near Sebastopol, Crimea.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Russia, Sevastopol, Ukraine, Views

Map of the peninsula of Heraclea and Chersonesus, Crimea.

Tags: Black Sea, Chersonesus, Maps, Russia, Sevastopol, Ukraine

Ruins of Greek Orthodox monastery at Chatyr-Dan mountain range near Simferopol, Crimea.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Chatyr-Dan, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Human types, Monasteries, Mountains, Natural environment, Rivers, Russia, Salhir river, Simferopol, Ukraine

Russian guard at Crimea.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Crimea, Ethnic groups, Human types, Military uniforms, Russia, Russians, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine, Weapons

View of the bay of Balaklava near Sebastopol, Crimea. In the background, the remains of the Genoese fortress.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Balaklava / anc. Symbolon, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Crimea, Genoese castle (Balaklava), Houses, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Mosques, Ports, Russia, Sebastopol, Ukraine, Views

Promontory near the monastery of Saint George at Chersonesus, Crimea.

Tags: Black Sea, Boats and ships, Chersonesus, Natural environment, Russia, Sebastopol, Ukraine

Inscription of the Byzantine period from Crimea.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Black Sea, Byzantine inscriptions, Chersonesus, Crimea, Inscriptions, Russia, Sebastopol, Ukraine

Insects of the Crimea.

Tags: Black Sea, Crimea, Insects, Natural environment, Russia, Spiders, Ukraine

View of the palace of the Khans of Crimea at Bahçesaray, Crimea.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bahçesaray, Black Sea, Crimea, Mosques, Palace of the Khans / Hansaray (Bahçesaray), Palaces, Russia, Tatars, Ukraine, Views

View of Cimmerian Bosporus or Strait of Kerch withn the port of Kerch (anc. Panticapaeum), Crimea. In the background, the coast of Phanagoria, today Taman peninsula, Russia.

Tags: Black Sea, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Human types, Kerch / anc. Pantikapaion, Natural environment, Phanagoria, Ports, Russia, Taman, Ukraine, Views

The putative tomb of Mithridates at Kerch, Crimea.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Black Sea, Burial mounds, Crimea, Funerary monuments, Kerch / anc. Pantikapaion, Russia, Ukraine

Coins of the kingdom of Cimmerian Bosporus (southern and eastern shores of the Sea of Azov), in the author's collection.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Black Sea, Coins, Crimea, Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus, Russia, Ukraine

View of the Cimmerian Bosporus or Strait of Kerch (where the Black Sea joins the Sea of Azov). On the bottom right, Taman volcano, surnamed Prekla (hell) by the locals.

Tags: Black Sea, Boats and ships, Crimea, Kerch Strait/ anc. Cimmerian Bosporus, Maps, Natural environment, Russia, Sea of Azov, Ukraine, Views, Volcanoes

Sarcophagus from Asiatic Sarmatia (historical region west of the Caspian sea), used as a cistern, at the surroundings of Yeni Kale fortress in Crimea.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Castles and fortresses, Caucasus, Crimea, Fountains / Springs, Funerary monuments, Russia, Sarcophagi, Sarmatia, Scythian monuments, Ukraine, Yenikale Fortress / Yenikale Hisarı (Crimea)

Incription of the Byzantine period from Crimea.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Black Sea, Byzantine inscriptions, Crimea, Inscriptions, Russia, Ukraine

Greek inscription from Crimea peninsula.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Black Sea, Crimea, Inscriptions, Russia, Ukraine

Tomb and votive offerings from Taman, Russia.

Tags: Black Sea, Burial mounds, Funerary monuments, Jewellery, Religious practices, Russia, Sea of Azov, Social sphere and everyday life, Taman, Votive offerings / Ex-voto

Observatory from which the Tatars of Kuban watched the movements of their Kirkassian neighbours. According to the author, in summer a fire was lit in these nests to keep the mosquitoes away.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Kuban, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tatars, Towers

Castle at the Black Sea. The author states that he saw this depiction on the reverse of an ancient Greek coin, discovered in the area.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Castles and fortresses, Crimea, Views

Circassian prince. Circassian man.

Tags: Black Sea, Circassians, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Kirgisia / Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz people, Princes, Shoes and footwear, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Volga–Don Canal

Post office at southern Kuban, area inhabited by Tatar tribes, Russia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Kuban, Post offices, Public bulidings, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, Tatars, Views

Map of the Don-Volga canal. Initially envisioned by the Ottomans and later by the Russians, the canal, which connects the Sea of Azov to the Caspian Sea was only completed in 1950.

Tags: Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Don river, Maps, Rivers, Russia, Sea of Azov, Volga river, Volga–Don Canal

Ancient tombs on Don river near the Black Sea, Russia.

Tags: Black Sea, Boats and ships, Burial mounds, Don river, Funerary monuments, Natural environment, Religious practices, Rivers, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Tatar of Astrakhan area (Nagoy tribe) travels in traditional vehicle.

Tags: Animals, Black Sea, Bovids, Carriages, Ethnic groups, Human types, Modes of transport, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, Tatars

Cossacks of Novocherkassk enjoying their bath in the Don during the flood season.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baths, Black Sea, Churches, Cossacks, Don river, Human types, Novocherkassk, Rivers, Russia, Sea of Azov, Social sphere and everyday life

View of Novocherkassk, capital of the Cossacks of Don river.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Cossacks, Don river, Houses, Novocherkassk, Rivers, Russia, Sea of Azov, Views

Map of Novocherkassk, capital of the Cossacks of Don river.

Tags: Black Sea, Cossacks, Don river, Maps, Novocherkassk, Rivers, Russia, Sea of Azov

Double canoe widely used by the Cossacks of Don river.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Cossacks, Costume - Hats and headwear, Don river, Ethnic groups, Human types, Rivers, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Sea of Azov, Social sphere and everyday life

Map of the environs of Rostov-on-Don at the sea of Azov.

Tags: Black Sea, Maps, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Sea of Azov

Icons of Indian deities worshiped by the Kalmyk nomads of the Caucasus.

Tags: Ethnic groups, Icons, Kalmyk people, Kalmykia, Nomads, Religious practices, Russia

Portrait of woman from Kalmykia.

Tags: Ethnic groups, Human types, Jewellery, Kalmyk people, Kalmykia, Nomads, Portraits, Russia, Women

The author's carriage crossing the stepe of Kuban, Russia.

Tags: Animals, Black Sea, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crimea, Horses, Human types, Kuban, Modes of transport, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life

Woman from Little Russia, a historical geographic region, today part of Ukraine.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Houses, Human types, Little Russia, Shoes and footwear, Ukraine, Women

Woman from Voronezh, Russia.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Russia, Russians, Shoes and footwear, Voronezh, Women

Women from Penza, whom the author encountered in the city of Voronezh, Russia.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Jewellery, Penza, Russia, Russians, Shoes and footwear, Voronezh, Women

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