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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

Burial mounds in the Russian steppe.

Tags: Burial mounds, Funerary monuments, Natural environment, Russia, Steppe, Views

View of the city of Tula, south of Moscow.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Houses, Russia, Tula, Views

A carriage transported across river in Russia.

Tags: Animals, Boats and ships, Carriages, Cooking, Horses, Human types, Modes of transport, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life

Footwear common to several countries of the North, especially Scandinavia and Russia.

Tags: Russia, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life

View of Moscow from Bersenevsk area.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Churches, Houses, Human types, Moscow, Russia, Views, Women

Traditional pipes of Russia.

Tags: Russia, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life

Carriage at the streets of Moscow.

Tags: Animals, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Horses, Human types, Modes of transport, Moscow, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers

View of the first palace of the Tsars at Kremlin, Moscow. In the foreground one of the now-lost monasteries of Kremlin.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Churches, Human types, Kremlin, Monasteries, Moscow, Palaces, Religious practices, Russia, Views

Map of Kremlin, Moscow, with the main sights and monuments.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Kremlin, Maps, Moscow, Plans and drawings, Russia

The Great Bell of Moscow or Tsar Bell at Kremlin.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bell towers, Human types, Kremlin, Moscow, Professions, Religious practices, Russia, Tsar Bell

Ivan the Great Bell Tower, next to the Assumption cathedral at Cathedral Square in Moscow.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bell towers, Cathedral of the Assumption (Moscow), Ivan the Great Bell Tower, Kremlin, Moscow, Religious practices, Russia

The Great Gun of Moscow or Tsar's Cannon at Kremlin gardens. Even though the cannon was never used at wartime, it served as symbol of the Russian dynasty from the 16th century onwards.

Tags: Cannons, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tsar Cannon

View of Saint Basil's church, Moscow.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Churches, Moscow, Religious practices, Russia, Saint Basil's Cathedral (Moscow)

Arms of the city of Moscow.

Tags: Coats of arms – Emblems, Moscow, Russia, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Wife of affluent merchant in official costume for the celebration of the Carnival, escorted by her nurse.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Leisure, Merchants / Traders, Moscow, Professions, Russia, Russians, Servants, Shoes and footwear, Women

Map of Moscow.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Kremlin, Maps, Moscow, Moskva River, Rivers, Russia

Romani people dancing the Barina traditional dance

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Ethnic groups, Human types, Leisure, Romani, Russia, Women

Wife of affluent Russian merchant in gala dress.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Leisure, Merchants / Traders, Professions, Russia, Russians, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Portrait of the Archbishop of Moscow in vestments of the Resurrection ceremony.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Moscow, Portraits, Priests, Religious practices, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, Vestments (liturgical garments)

Carnival scene at Saint Petersburg.

Tags: Carnival, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Leisure, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Woman from Arsamas in typical costume, Moscow.

Tags: Arsamas, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Moscow, Russia, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Greek merchant from Astrakhan on a visit to Moscow.

Tags: Astrakhan, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greeks, Human types, Merchants / Traders, Moscow, Professions, Russia, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life

The entrance to Moscow by the route of Saint Petersburg.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Churches, Gates, Houses, Human types, Moscow, Russia, Views

Petrovsky Palace at the entrance of Moscow. The palace was built in the era of Catherine the Great and was the penultimate stopover of Russian emperors in their journey from Saint Petersburg (then capitall of the Russian empire) to Moscow.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Human types, Moscow, Palaces, Petrovsky palace, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Travel, Women

Window of typical Russian rural house. Warm stockings worn by the women of Valday province, Russia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, Valday

Example of rural settlement in Russia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Russia, Views

Icons seen by the author in Russia.

Tags: Icons, Religious practices, Russia

Icon of Virgin Vrefokratousa Tricherousa (three-handed).

Tags: Icons, Religious practices, Russia, Vrefokratousa (Virgin holding infant Jesus)

The Virgin of Iber (Bleeding Vrefokratousa). The icon was kept at the Gate of the Resurrection (today part of the Red Square) in Moscow. According to the tradition, the Virgin bleeds because she was stabbed in the cheek by an iconoclast.

Tags: Icons, Moscow, Religious practices, Russia, Vrefokratousa (Virgin holding infant Jesus)

Arms of the city of Novgorod, Russia.

Tags: Coats of arms – Emblems, Russia, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Veliky Novgorod

Snowflakes, which the author studied thoroughly during his journey from Saint Petersburg to Moscow.

Tags: Natural environment, Plans and drawings, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Snow, Travel

Title page.

Tags: Title page

Portrait of Edward Daniel Clarke.

Tags: Author portraits, Edward Daniel Clarke

Funerary procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hanoi, Human types, Kingdom of Tonkin, Kings, Officials, Processions, Religious practices, Rites of passage, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tonkin, Vietnam

1-2: Golden coins of the Sultanate of Golkonda, India. 3-4: Coins of the kingdom of Visapur, India. 5,6. Coins of the Maharajah of Karnataka, India. 7-8. Coins of the Maharajah of Vellore, India. 9-12. Coins of the Maharajahs of Karnataka and Vellore. 13-17. Coins of the region of Coromandel at the eastern coast of India.

Tags: Coins, Coromandel, Economic activities, Golkonda, India, Karnataka, Social sphere and everyday life, Vellore, Visapur

Larin, coin of the Arabic peninsula.

Tags: Coins, Economic activities, Saudi Arabia

The numbers used by speakers of all the languages of India alike, for financial and other transactions.

Tags: Alphabets, Commerce, Economic activities, India, Social sphere and everyday life

Top: Kiosk in banana tree forest. Bottom: Map of Bandar Abbash and nearby islands at the straits of Hormuz, Iran.

Tags: Animals, Banana trees, Bandar Abbas, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hormuz / anc. Organa, Horses, Human types, Kiosks, Maps, Persia / Iran, Plants, Views

The tugra (signature) of the Shah of Persia, with interpretation of the symbols by the author.

Tags: Persia / Iran, Shah, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ṭuğrā / Insignia of Ottoman officials

The seal of Shah Ismail I of Persia, with an interpretation of the symbols by the author.

Tags: Imperial seals, Ismail I of Iran, Persia / Iran, Seals, Shah, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Quranic inscription.

Tags: Inscriptions, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Turkey

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