Dmitry I. Ermakov (1845—1916) was a Russian photographer, orientalist, ethnographer. He was travelling much and took a lot of interesting ethnic photos of Caucasia and Transcaucasia.
Asian lunch in a dukhan
Aralykh. Blind man’s buff game
Akhtani – entrance to the church
Women from Borchaly ahorse
Elisavetopol. Lezghins grinding sabres.
Elisavetopol. Sale of clay capacities.
Elisavetopol. Bakery
In the Kuban region
In the Kuban region
In the Kuban region
Village
Tatar family
Armenian woman ahorse
Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Tbilisi watermills
Tbilisi
Tbilisi, copper-founding shops
Tbilisi, dukhan and wineskins
Tbilisi
Antique shop
Selling poultry in Tbilisi
Traders in Tbilisi
Fishing in Tbilisi
Logs transportation in Tbilisi
Darvish. Persia
In the garden. Persia, Teheran
Son of the shah in the Austrian military uniform
Kurd at the Russian service
Chechen women
Circassian woman
Greek worker
Prince Ovaljani, 1890
Collecting grapes 1890
Children and old men from Dshek village
Children and old men from Dshek village
Carriage and three
Tatars
Goods weighing
Tbilisi panorama
Jew from Armenia
Georgian Jews
Jew-rabbi from Imereti
Nuts seller
Jew
Highland Jew
Cathedral in Tbilisi
Muslim carpet sellers
Georgian priest
Princess Lazareva in a Tatar costume
Princess Chkonia
Erivan. Tatar girl
Armenian patriarch
Alexandropol, Cossack and a horse
The photographer himself, Dmitry Ermakov
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love the old pictures. Could not really get a picture of anything that was moving at any sort of speed in those days.
The “game” in the second or third photo of ‘Blind man’s buff’ has a more sinister look about it than just blokes having fun.
welcome to ur great grandparents time! evrything was a bit more stiff
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Wool head armaments would have to stink and be full of lice bugs. Need to sell them soap.
like your whole family
Prince Ovaljani’s hair was awesome!!
very precious pictures
every era has its own sharm
Just awesome pictures. I suppose the concept of bathing wasnt known to some of these people!
Fantastic pictures! It couldn’t be more interesting if they were pictures of the inhabitants of another planet!
Stunning ! And so beautiful !
Had no idea that such a world ever existed !
greek worker has become oxymoron
In three pics, “In the Kuban area(2)”, “Prince Ovaljani, 1890″, and “Alexandropol, Cossack and a horse”, the gentlemen have a row of cylindrical objects across the chest of their tunics.
What are these? Cartridges? Cigars?
I have seen them for years and always wondered, as firearms don’t seem to be evident.
They are paper cartridges. They had not switched to newer metal cartridges as of that time.
I think they are called gaziri cartridges: “Gaziri were initially used as caps for gunpowder cartridges but later became purely decorative part of the Cossack uniform worn in the special pockets on the Cherkesska jacket”
source: http://www.tsarsarsenal.com/cossacks.htm
Look at the sixth picture from the bottom, he has a gun. The cylindrical objects could be ready made gun powder cartridges for faster reloading. They do seem quite big, but the quality might have been poor, the bullet not quite fitting in the bore etc. etc.
I guess someone laughed at Prince Ovaljanis hair so he made them all wear shag carpet hats as punishment.