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Sebastopol in 1855.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Boats and ships, British army, Crimea, Crimean war, Equids, History, Horses, Houses, Russia, Sebastopol, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine

View of Sebastopol in 1855, after its siege by the British army during the Crimean war.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, British army, Crimea, Crimean war, Equids, History, Horses, Houses, Modes of transport, Russia, Sebastopol, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine

Cemetery at Sebastopol. This spot was highly important to the British forces in the Crimean war.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Cemeteries, Crimea, Crimean war, Funerary monuments, History, Houses, Russia, Sebastopol, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine

Aqueduct on Chornaya river, position held by the Kingdom of Sardinia in the Crimean war.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Chornaya aqueduct (Crimea), Chornaya river, Crimea, Crimean war, History, Human types, Natural environment, Rivers, Russia, Sebastopol, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine

View of Sebastopol.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Crimea, Houses, Russia, Sebastopol, Ukraine, Views

Camp of the allies of the Crimean war (England, France and the Ottoman Empire) at Sebastopol.

Tags: Animals, Black Sea, British army, Crimea, Crimean war, Equids, History, Horses, Human types, Natural environment, Russia, Sebastopol, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Ukraine

Positions of the British army in the siege of Sebastopol.

Tags: Black Sea, British army, Crimea, Crimean war, History, Military uniforms, Natural environment, Russia, Sebastopol, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine

View of Sebastopol from the British camp during the Crimean war.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Crimea, Crimean war, History, Houses, Human types, Russia, Sebastopol, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine, Views

The monastery of Saint George at Balaklava, close to Sebastopol. In the background, cape Aya.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Balaklava / anc. Symbolon, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Byzantine monuments, Cape Aya (Crimea), Capes, Crimea, History, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint George (Balaklava), Religious practices, Russia, Russian monumens, Sebastopol, Ukraine

View of the harbour of Balaklava close to Sebastopol, Crimea. In the background, on the right, the ruins of the Genoese castle. On the left, ships of the British fleet.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Balaklava / anc. Symbolon, Black Sea, Boats and ships, British Navy, Crimea, Crimean war, Genoese castle (Balaklava), History, Medieval monuments, Ports, Russia, Sebastopol, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ukraine, Views

Map of Crimea.

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

Iphigenia in Tauris, based on the painting by Anselm Feuerbach.

Tags: Anselm Feuerbach, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crimea, Human types, Iphigeneia, Jewellery, Mythology, Russia, Shoes and footwear, Tauris, Tragedy, Ukraine, Women

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

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

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

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