Izobrazhenie preslavnoi batalii...
View of the famous battle between the Russian and the Swedish armies, the Russian troops under the distinguished command of His Imperial Majesty Peter the First of all the Russians, the Swedish under His Royal ... more
Plan imperatorskago stolichnago goroda Moskvy.
Scale ca. 1:25,000. Relief shown by hachures and land form drawings. Russian. From the Academy of Sciences' Atlas russicus, 1745. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault... more
The Russian discoveries from the map published by the Imperial Academy...
"Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map and Printseller..." Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Vault
The European diligence
Print shows a Dutchman rolling a wheelbarrow over Britannia; along for the ride are France represented by a man leaning over the front of the wheelbarrow with a sword ready to stab Britannia, America represente... more
Thomas Jefferson to Andre Limozin, September 22, 1787, two same date; ...
two same date; Prussian and Russian Military Advances
Unknown, December 1, 1788, Mexican Expedition to Explore Russian Settl...
Mexican Expedition to Explore Russian Settlements along Pacific Ocean; in Spanish
[Passage, in Russian, from A Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow (17...
Illus. in: A.N. Radischev, A Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow (1790). Reference copy may be available in SSF - Press 1776. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings... more
General Swallow-all-o feasting on a French fricassee!!
Print shows a gigantic Russian soldier, possibly a gross caricature of Field Marshal Aleksandr Vasilʹevich Suvorov, eating the severed head of a French soldier, another oversized man, a chef, holds a platter co... more
Charte des Schwarzen-Meeres : nach Murdochischer projection entworfen ...
Relief shown by hachures. On map: Das Schwarze Meer, Pontus Euxinus der Alten, Mauro Thalassa Neugriechisch, Karadegniz Türkisch, Czarne More Russisch u Pohlnisch, Mare Niagra Moldau Walach. Minimal level cata... more
Vid goroda Makao s morskoĭ storony.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
[Plan of layout of Russian fort in Alaska, 1803-1806] / Capt'n. Lisian...
Reference copy in LOT 4390-P. Illus. in: Lisiansky. A voyage round the world, ..., London, 1814, pl. II.
Feodor Nikititsch Romanow s. Philaret Mosquens et omn. Russiar, Patria...
Print shows Fedor Nikitich Romanov, Filaret, Patriarch of Russia, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, in medallion on pedestal with nameplate. He was the father of Michael (Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov),... more
Karta Ledovitago mori︠a︡ i Vostochnago okeana /
Depths shown by soundings in coastal waters. Also covers Russian Far East and Alaska. In Russian. Greenwich, Paris, and Petersburg meridians; Greenwich degrees numbered westward to 240⁰. Available also through ... more
Merkatorskai︠a︡ karta Proliva Kuprei︠a︡nova : nakhodi︠a︡shchagosi︠a︡ m...
Depths shown by soundings. Ms. in black and red inks with blue wash on tracing linen. Traced names in Russian. Names added in red ink in English. Handwritten in ink at bottom: March 1891. Received this from Lie... more
Bankoku sankai tsuran bunzu
Japanese print shows a map of the world with sailing ships on the seas and American and Russian soldiers. Title from item. Typewritten annotation on back mount: A table of mileage from Nagasaki to various parts... more
Orenburgskii general gubernator i komanduiushchii voiskami orenbur. ko...
Photograph shows half-length portrait of General Adjutant Count Vasiliĭ Alekseevich Perovskiĭ in uniform with cape, holding sword. Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. ... more
Karta I︠A︡kutskoĭ oblasti chasti Olekminskago okruga i Irkutskoĭ guber...
Shows gold-mining concessions along rivers in the Olekminsk region, Siberia, Russia. "Sostavlena 1853 godu." In Russian. India ink and col. inks. Sectioned to 12 panels and mounted on cloth backing. Available a... more
L'Affaire d'orient 1854. 20, Balaklava. Charge heroique des Hussards A...
Print shows a vastly outnumbered British Light Brigade cavalry engaging Russian soldiers at the artillery battery at the end of the valley during the disasterous charge of Light Brigade at Balaklava, Ukraine, d... more
Second charge of the guards - when they retook the two gun battery at ...
Print shows British and Russian troops engaged in battle during the battle of Inkerman. Title from item. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / ... more
Russian Adm. Adm. Lisovski
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, in ink: Russian Admiral. See Harper's Weekly Oct 17, 1863, p. 657-658. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of ... more
Russian Sailors ?
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Group, N.Y. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans;... more
The cavalry affair of the heights of Bulganak - the first gun, 19th Se...
Print shows expansive view of the countryside, the Russian cavalry and artillery in the distance, Russian guns opening fire on British troops as they draw up into formation. Title from item. Plate in: The seat ... more
Charge of the heavy cavalry brigade, 25th Octr. 1854 / W. Simpson del....
Print shows the Enniskillen Dragoons and the 5th Dragoon Guards engaging the Russian cavalry in the midst of the camp of the light cavalry brigade which is being plundered by the Russian troops during the battl... more
Russian Sailors ?
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Group, N.Y. Corresponding print is in LOT 4182. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purcha... more
Malakoff or round tower / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith.
Print shows view of the Russian battery at the Malakoff tower, the principal Russian fortification at Sevastopolʹ. Title from item. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gr... more
Russian rifle pit - now part of the British advanced trenches, on the ...
Print shows soldiers filling sand bags and firing over a barrier of sand bags and gabions. Title from item. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen... more
Charge of the light cavalry brigade, 25th Oct. 1854, under Major Gener...
Print shows Lord Cardigan leading the charge of the light brigade toward Russian artillery on the left, in the foreground, Russian artillery fire on the left flank of the charging light brigade, as artillery on... more
Russian Sailors ?
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Group, N.Y. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans;... more
Ditch of the Malakoff, battery gervais and rear of the redan / W. Simp...
Print shows a view of the earthworks, gabions, and passageways at the Malakoff, the primary Russian fortification before the city of Sevastopolʹ, with view of the city in the background. Title from item. Colnag... more
Interior of the Malakoff with the remains of the round tower W. Simpso...
Print shows an interior view of the Malakoff, the main Russian fortification before Sevastopolʹ, following the successful French assault. Title from item. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 27.
Karta Eniseĭskoĭ gubernīi Krasnoi︠a︡rskago okruga : sostavlena 1859 go...
Wall map showing riverine gold-mining concessions in Krasnoi︠a︡rsk District (Okrug) of Eniseĭ Gubernia. Manuscript: Pen-and-ink (black) and watercolors. From the Yudin Collection (LC). Issued with 2 metal rings... more
Karta Eniseĭskoĭ gubernīi Achinskago okruga : sostavlena 1859 goda.
Wall map showing riverine gold-mining concessions in Achinsk District (Okrug) of Eniseĭ Gubernia. Differs from other 1859 ms. map of the same area/subject in having different handwriting (esp. in the index), ba... more
Karta Eniseĭskoĭ gubernīi Achinskago okruga : sostavlena 1859 goda.
Wall map showing riverine gold-mining concessions in Achinsk District (Okrug) of Eniseĭ Gubernia. Differs from other 1859 ms. map of the same area/subject in having different handwriting (esp. in the index), ba... more
Russian ship
Broadside view at dock in foreground, part in background. Title inscribed twice below image. Inscribed upper right: make mast big. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.90) Forms part of: Morgan collection ... more
[Bird's-eye view of the Mukden Palace]
Title devised by Library staff. Drawing executed at an oblique angle, ascending from left to right. Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 27. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).
[Karty pochtovykh soobshchenīĭ uchrezhdennykh v Rossīĭskoĭ Imperīi pri...
Shows designated national postal routes established in various imperial reigns. In Russian. Common title devised by cataloger on the basis of the individual sheet titles. Accompanied by printed text sheet in sc... more
Hon. Catacazy
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Catacazy, Russian Minister. Russian Minister. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of ... more
Russian fleet in New York Harbor
Stereograph shows four or five ships in the harbor, New York. Title devised by Library staff. Publisher attribution based on provenance. "neg. by Stacy c. 1860" and "1863" on back of card. Gottheim collection c... more
[Interior of a western style house, possibly at a border post, with Ru...
Title devised by Library staff. Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 86. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).
Yokohama kyūjitsu - Oroshiyajin yūkō
Japanese print shows two Russian men, one holding a telescope, and a child looking at the scenery along the shoreline in Yokohama, Japan; Russian ship in the background. Title from item. Signature: Gountei Sada... more
Sailors on Russian frigate "Osliaba," harbor of Alexandria, Va.
Photograph showing Russian sailors standing on the deck of their ship. No. 210. Inscribed on item: [Gen. Haupt & wife attended a reception given by the admiral]. Title from item.
Russo-American telegraph; for connecting the old and new worlds, throu...
Trans-Atlantic cable.; Russo-American telegraph. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 2... more
Karta Nizhegorodskoĭ gubernīi /
General-content gubernia (province) map showing cities, villages, roads, churches, and factories. In old-orthography Russian. Map removed from textual publication now on LC microfilm: Microfilm 97/6091 (D) Avai... more
Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi - Oroshia, Fransu
Japanese print with four illustrations, two of men on horseback and two illustrating clothing styles of Russian and French women. Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. From series entitled: Bankoku jinbutsu... more
Map of Russian America or Alaska Territory.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
Group of Russian sailors from the navy ship Variag during visit to New...
Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Photo shows Russian sailors wh were part of a naval expedition sent to the United States in 1863, returning t... more
Group of Russian sailors from the navy ship Variag during visit to New...
Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Photo shows Russian sailors who were part of a naval expedition sent to the United States in mid 1863, return... more
Oroshajin - bango wakai
Japanese print shows two Russian soldiers talking; includes text of Japanese translation. Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date is unidentified. Annotation in pencil on mount: Russian soldiers. An... more
Georgievskie kavalery imieiushchie znaki otlichiia voennago ordena. Za...
Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 25. Title from item.
Osada i shturm ukrieplennago goroda Chimkenta s 19 po 25 Sentiabria 18...
Topographic map showing the Russian battle plan for the siege of Shymkent. Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, p. 22. Title from item.
Melochnaia torgovlia. Prodazha gorlianok iz tykvy
Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 119.
Zhenskiia ukrasheniia i odezhda sredneaziiatok. Rubashka (Kurte)
Photograph shows front and rear views of two women wearing long robes. One woman's hair is arranged in short, jewel-bedecked braids; the other has long, thick braids down her back. Title from item. Illus. in: T... more
Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...
Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 53. Title from item.
Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Chimkend i ego ulichnye tipy. [no caption]
Photograph shows a man holding a large satchel and sitting on a horse. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 54. Title from item.
Zaravshanskii okrug. Palankiny (maafa) sviatago Musa-khana sokhraniaiu...
Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 14. Title from item.
Obriady sovershaemye musul'manami pri molitvie (namaz). Dzhal'sa
Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 58. Title from item. "Namaz" translated from Arabic as: prayer.
Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Ura-Tiube. Chast' goroda, Seri Karch
Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 127.
Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Tashkend. Moskovskaia ulitsa
Photograph shows Russians(?) on a tree-lined street in Tashkent. Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 108.
Narodnoe gulian'e v prazdnik Kurban-Bairama v Tashkendie. Uveseleniia ...
Photograph shows musicians seated on the ground at festival for Kurban Bayram in Tashkent. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 63. Title from item.
Zaravshanskii okrug. Palankiny (maafa) sviatago Musa-khana sokhraniaiu...
Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 14. Title from item.
Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Ura-Tiube i ego ulichnye tipy. Bazarnaia p...
Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 128.
Tipy narodnostei turkestanskago kraia. Tsyganki (Mazang). Khal'dar Kha...
Photograph shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young Mazang gypsy woman. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 23. Title from item.
Samarkandskii bazar i ego tipy. Doktor prodaiushchii lekarstva (tabibi...
Photograph shows two men sitting by blocks of salt(?).
Pochtovaia gon'ba v turkestanskom kraie
Photograph shows a four-wheel cart in front of a yurt. An Asian man is driving the cart and two Russian soldiers stand behind it. Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡...... more
Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...
Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 66. Title from item.
Tipy narodnostei turkestanskago kraia. Evreiki. Mariam
Photograph shows a portrait of a Jewish girl. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 32. Title from item.
Zaravshanskii okrug. G. Urgut. Chast' goroda, "Kosh Tepe"
Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 149.
Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Ura-Tiube i ego ulichnye tipy. Bazarnaia p...
Photograph shows a man sitting on large chests tied to a horse's back. Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 128.
Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Mavzolei sviatago Sheikhantaura v g. Tashkend...
Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 11. Title from item.
Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Ravat [sic] postroennyi Liashkar-kush Begiem ...
Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 10. Title from item.
Melochnaia torgovlia. Mel'nitsa dlia prigotovlenia niukhatel'nago taba...
Photograph shows two men operating a mill to produce snuff. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 39. Title from item.
Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Chast' goroda Bazar Bashi
Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 51. Title from item.
Zhenskie obychai u Tadzhikov. Vorozhba (fal'bin)
Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 74. "Fal'bin" translated from the Persian/Arabic as "fortune telling."
Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Aulie-Ata. Prodavtsy airana
Photograph shows a man and a boy at an outdoor food stand. Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 105.
Shelkovoe proizvodstvo. Vyvodka cherviakov
Photograph shows silk worms hatching. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 6. Title from item.
Bazarnye tipy
Photograph shows woman astride an ox. Title from item.
Chugunno-liteinoe proizvodstvo. Formovka
Photograph shows a man casting iron. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 14. Title from item.
Zaravshanskii okrug. G. Samarkand. Chtenie piatiknizhiia
Photograph shows a Jewish man, wearing a prayer shawl, reading the Hebrew bible. Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 77.
Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Karavan
Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 43. Title from item.
Evreikskie [sic] svadebnye obriady. Zakliuchenie svadebnago dogovora (...
Photograph shows an agreement being signed by two men, representing the bride and groom's families. Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 80.
Stseny na samarkandskoi ploshchadi (registan) i eia bazarnye tipy. Per...
Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 139. Title from item. "Sakhaf" translated from Persian as "book binder."
Zaravshanskii okrug. G. Piandzhikend. Chast' goroda, "Dashti Karabid"
Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 154.
Tipy narodnostei turkestanskago kraia. Tsyganki (Dzhugi). Nar-bibi
Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 25. Title from item.
Tipy narodnostei turkestanskago kraia. Tsygane (Mazang). Dzhalil-bai
Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 22. Title from item.