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g. Malo-I︠A︡roslavet︠s︡. Obshchīĭ vid poli︠a︡ bitvy s kolokolʹni Kazan...

Public domain photo of French landscape, historic place, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Obshchīĭ vid na selo Verkhnīe Gorodki s si︠e︡vera

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manchuria. Hawley, a Cossack officer, Gregor, and Musgjerd. Just befor...

Titles from item and devised by Library staff. From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and Asia for First National City Bank of New York. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2010:041

Petrograd. The Troitsky Most (Bridge). Fontanka Canal. Ice on the Neva...

Photograph of Troitsky Most shows soldiers and a trolley on the bridge.

Allenby's official entry with military review at Russian Compound. Men...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Germans in Russian Town - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows German soldiers walking with women in a Russian town during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

General Polivanoff, War Minister of Russia

Photograph shows Alexei Andreyevich Polivanov (1855-1920), a Russian military officer who as Minister of War during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

Petrograd. The Russian's favorite way of letting off steam. A popular ...

Photograph of Russian's favorite shows soldiers on horseback; way of letting off steam shows people carrying a banner and marching. From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and As... More

Peasants at work, Russia. during World War I

Five women, two of them under three poles tied together from which a large pan is suspended, winnowing grain. J228464 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Petrograd. Soldiers on horseback and trolley in street. Neva River]. ...

Vereshchagino. [Men shoveling rubble. Railyard]. Viatka. [Women and me...

Germans in Russian church at Suwalki

Photograph shows German soldiers in a church at Suwalki, Poland during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Countess Zia Torbay - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby (1892-1977) (Lady Zia Wernher) who was the daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia and his wife Sophie, Countess von Merenberg. (Source: Fl... More

Moscow. [People gathered in city square]. Effect of the Bolshevik Revo...

Photograph captioned Effect of the Bolshevik Revolution shows bullet-pocked building. Titles from item and devised by library staff. From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and As... More

Starinnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ v s. Kannesemga [Kiappeselga]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Russian Postman - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

These eight pupils are all that are attending out of 160 Russian Child...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Zheli︠e︡znodorozhnyĭ most Murm. zh.d.

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Vid zh.d. puti [okolo Kannesemgi(?)]

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Zakruglenīe puti, [ok. st. Petrozavodsk]

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Reverend L. Turkevitch blessing ambulance

Photograph shows the Reverend Leonid Turkevitch consecrating an ambulance donated by the Red Cross in front of the Russian Consulate at 22 Washington Square, New York City. The ambulance was one of fifteen moto... More

Is the next step the goose step?

German military officer pulling bear (Russia) by a string while man (Trotsky) counts coins "30 pieces, Leon Trotsky, for service rendered," and Japanese soldier approaches in background. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). For... More

[Russia, ca. 1920] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Carriage on street; Carpenter standing under lamp-post in background. "(9-25)." This record contains unverified data from caption card. Photograph by Frank G. Carpenter Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; B.I.; Ru... More

Papershop in Jewish ghetto, Vilna, Russia - Frank G. Carpenter collect...

Man with papers and paper decorations in doorway under sign "Papirwaren, C. Schambedal". Frank Carpenter Collection.

Portrait photograph of a group of Russian artists: Moskvin, Stanislavs...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Grand Duke Andrei Wladimirowitch

Photograph shows Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia (1879- 1956). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Chuvash autonomous republic, USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics...

Public domain image of a rural landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Alexei Stakhanov explaining his system to a fellow miner in the USSR (...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Anton Rubinstein - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a tuxedo. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War Secretary greets Soviet Polar Flyers. Washington D.C. July 26. The...

A group of men in suits standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, 9-1-39

Public domain photograph of Russian Empire, color separation negatives, by Prokudin Gorsky, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Anton Dolin, in Italian Suite]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: X S 10. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a... More

[Portrait of Anton Dolin, in Espagnole]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IV S 4. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a... More

[Portrait of Anton Dolin, in Giselle]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: III S 5. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

[The cornerstone for the new building of the State University named af...

Transfer; 1956. Title derived from caption pamphlet in LOT 7354. Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Peter der Grose - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Peter der Grose.

Public library and temple of the winds / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker l...

Destruction of the public library and the Temple of the Winds following the Russian evacuation of Sevastopolʹ on September 8th 1855. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 30. Déposé Paris, Goupil & Cie ; Leipzig, ... More

Docks at Sebastopol with ruins of Fort St. Paul / W. Simpson del. ; E....

View of the ship building docks at Sevastopolʹ with Fort St. Paul on the high ground to the left. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 26. Deposé Paris, Goupil & Cie ; Leipzig, Otto Weigel.

Na chastnykh gonkakh. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Portrait photo of Torgovet︠s︡ dyni︠a︡mi. Samarkand

A black and white photo of a fruit stand. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monastyrʹ Ḟeodora Stratilata s zapada. Perei︠a︡slavlʹ-Zali︠e︡sskīĭ

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The Provost Marshal of the Division of General Bosquet - Roger Fenton'...

French officer, full-length portrait, seated, with one hand placed inside his unbuttoned coat. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph... More

Uncle Sam's lodging-house / J. Keppler.

Print shows an Irishman confronting Uncle Sam in a boarding house filled with laborers, immigrants from several countries who are attempting to sleep; the "Frenchman, Japanese, Negro, Russian, Italian," and "Ge... More

Stant︠s︡īi︠a︡ Borodino - Color separation negative, public domain

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dr. Martinoff's little boy & son of Yakimova born in fortress

Photo by N.P. Prokop eva. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

Siberian convicts working in a placer mine

Prison guards surrounding a placer mine at Kara, Transbaikalia, where hard labor convicts are working.

Portrait photo of Runaway Siberian convicts (common criminals)

Three escaped convicts standing in field. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

Ėtrusskīi︠a︡ vazy. V Ėrmitazhi︠e︡ v SPeterburgi︠e︡

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Views of the peace conference in session

Photograph shows Russian and Japanese diplomats seated at the negotiating table during the Portsmouth Peace Conference.

Obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Obriezanie (batga [sic] buri)

Photograph shows a group of men seated on the ground near a small boy who is being circumcised. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 71. "Batga [sic] ... More

Melʹnit︠s︡a bliz g. Lugi SPeterburgskoĭ gub.

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[Japanese sailor, with his bare hands, is fighting with two Russian ba...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Chast' goroda, Baky Maschit

Photograph shows a section of Baky Maschit with a mosque in the background.

Goldi hunter on skis on ice, holding long spear

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Henry Duberly Esqr., paymaster, 8th Hussars, & Mrs. Duberly - Roger Fe...

Henry Duberly standing before Isabella Duberly who is on horseback. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His photographs and his letters ... More

Cavalry camp near Balaklava - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Military encampment showing conical tents, people, and horses, with mountains in the background. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His... More

V parki︠e︡ "Monrepos" v Vyborgi︠e︡

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Dagestan. Mi︠e︡sto pli︠e︡nenīi︠a︡ Shamili︠a︡

Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Konopli︠a︡noe pole - Color separation negative, public domain

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Der. Lovasʹ-Guba na bolʹsh. gubi︠e︡ Onezhskago ozera

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Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Tsitadel' g. Khodzhenta

Photograph shows the citadel in Khujand, Tajikistan. In the foreground, men sitting next to carts laden with hay(?). Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 29.

Goldi shaman priest and assistant - photo by William Henry Jackson

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1897, p. 809. Similar to lantern slide W7-1149. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part ... More

Captain Thomas, aide-de-camp to General Bosquet

Captain Thomas, full-length portrait, wearing uniform with sword, seated, facing left.

Camp of the 4th Dragoons, convivial party, French & English - Roger Fe...

Men of the 4th Dragoon Guards, one smoking a pipe, two Zouaves, and one woman (Mrs. Rogers) standing, seated, or on horseback, in front of hut. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea ... More

Gatʹ, Russian Empire - photo by Prokudin-Gorskii

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Zemlecherpatelʹnai︠a︡ mashina Marīinskai︠a︡ 5-ai︠a︡. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ im...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

V I︠A︡snoĭ poli︠a︡ni︠e︡ - Color separation negative, public domain

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Sekta "Kaliandari" Ulichnye nishchie Kaliandari

Photograph shows a bird's-eye view of a large group of street beggars. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' étnograficheskaia︢: ..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 68.

Tipy narodnostei turkestanskago kraia. Uzbechki. Khimet-ai

Photograph shows a Uzbek woman seated, full-length, facing right. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' étnograficheskaia︢: ..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 19.

Tipy narodnostei turkestanskago kraia. Uzbechki. Khimet-ai

Photograph shows a Uzbek woman seated, full-length, facing right. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' étnograficheskaia︢: ..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 19.

Shkola v s. Pidʹma imeni Ego Imperatorskago Vysochestva Gosudari︠a︡ Na...

Public domain photograph of a tall building, villa, mansion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'.Most dzhar kopriuk v kysh. Karabulak

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 98.

Kartoumski Alps from the crest of the White Berel Mts.

The Katun Pillars, the highest peaks of the Russian Altai Mountains, sometimes called the Katun Alps, the source of the Katun River. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080)... More

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...

Samarkand antiquities. The grave of the holy Kussam Ibn Abass (Shakh-Zinde) and the Mausolem. A View of the South on the outside facade of the of the mausoleum of Chugun Bik and Kutluk Trudi Bek Aka. Illus. in... More

The European War Dance! Great Turko Muscovite Jig, executed by the Cos...

Artist: A.W. (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1914

[Selo Shueretskoe. Klimentovskaia, Nikol'skaia i Piatnitskaia tserkvi]

Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Selo Shueretskoe. Klimentovskaia, Nikol'skaia i Piatnitskaia tserkvi]

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Zaravshanskii okrug. Miestnost' Galia-Asiia v okrestnostiakh g. Samark...

Photograph shows adobe buildings situated along a windy portion of the Zeravshan River. Also shows a man riding a horse in a shallow part of the river. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovaia, 1871... More

Evreikskie [sic] svadebnye obriady. Svatovstvo (shushmin)

Photograph shows six men seated on the ground. The groom is second from left. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1 pl. 79.

Allei︠a︡ pered vkhodom v Preobrazhenskīĭ sobor. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dagestan. V auli︠e︡ Shamili︠a︡. Arka v pami︠a︡tʹ pli︠e︡nenīi︠a︡ Shamil...

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Shelekovoe [sic] proizvodstvo. Razborka osnovy v berdy

Photograph shows two men stripping the base of a reed. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 7.

Shelekovoe [sic] proizvodstvo. Razborka osnovy v berdy

Photograph shows two men stripping the base of a reed. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 7.

[A Russian woman is having a nightmare showing disasterous defeats of ...

Signed on block with chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon banzai hyakusen hyakushō : Long l... More

Zaravshanskii okrug. G. Samarkand. Chainye riady

Photograph shows tea stalls lining a street. In the background, the ruins of a mosque. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, p. 144.

Sophia Nikitina, died on way to place of exile

Sophia Nikitina, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Sophia Nikitina was a young girl attending school in Kiev when she was banished as an administrative exile to Eastern Siberia. Having traveled approxim... More

Zh.d. depo na stant︠s︡īi Kannesemga [Kiappeselga]

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Champion of the world James J. Corbett Under the management of William...

Poster showing newly crowned "champion of the world" boxer James J. Corbett meeting with political leaders and other dignitaries from several European countries. Corbett is shown shaking hands with William E. G... More

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Most Shadman Malik. Vid s sievera

Photoprint by N.V. Bogaevskii. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia︢, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 152. This record contains unverified data from caption card, with subsequent revisions.... More

g. I︠U︡rʹevet︠s︡ s gory, Russian Empire

Public domain photograph of historic place, landmark, 19th-century, vintage travel, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Windmills near Omsk. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[A ferry loaded with people and wagons on a Russian river(?)]

Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

[Aleksandr Sinianin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Inscription on verso in Russian: To my friend George Ivanovich Kennan in memory of his visit to Alekseyevska Central Prison in Irkutsk region. Head of the prison Aleksandr Sinianin. Photo by Milevskii, Irkutsk.... More

[A Russian officer sitting at a table is about to eat, but a Japanese ...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

Aul Nizhnīĭ Gunib v Dagestani︠e︡

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[Sheet of playing cards, "Jeu de drapeaux" (i.e., game of flags)]

Playing cards, titled in French, show soldiers of France, Germany, Great Britain, and Russia, bearing flags which show the card's suit and rank.

Gramota, pozhalovannai︠a︡ zhiteli︠a︡m sela Korobovo Imperatrit︠s︡ei︠u︡...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Onezhskīĭ kanal u Voznesenʹi︠a︡. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

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Na ri︠e︡chki︠e︡ - Color separation negative, public domain

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Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Tatarinovskaia kamenno-ugol'naia kop'. Chimke...

Photograph shows a general view of a coal mine in the Syr Darya oblast. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovaia, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 18.

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