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- Collection: Demidov's Voyage Illustrations
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Two "common Tatars" distribute alms to the poor as they exit the mosque. There is a mulla wearing a turban and a haji next to him - recognizable due to the white band. Among the mendicants there is a chapelet and another haji. According to Demidov,…
Tags: Islam, lithograph, mosque, Tatar culture
Crimean Tatar men pray inside the Istrim Cami mosque in Karasubazar.
19 October 1837
19 October 1837
Tags: Islam, lithograph, mosque, Tatar culture
Panorama of a bazaar in Kerch. People sit or stand in groups; a man rides by on a horse; camels, oxen, dogs, chickens, ducks, and birds walk freely around the bazaar.
8 October 1837
8 October 1837
Tags: lithograph, livestock, Tatar culture
Panorama of Alushta on Crimea's southern coast. In the foreground, a shepherd herds goats with the help of a few dogs. Crimean mountains (the high peak is Demirdzhi) and the Black Sea, complete with a vessel with furled sails, can be seen in the…
Tags: landscape, lithograph, livestock, mountains, southern coast
Karaite woman with children. Crimean Karaites are an ethnic group derived from Turkic-speaking followers of Karaism found in in Eastern Europe. Karaism is a denomination of judaism. Demidov notes that on a visit to the home of the rabbi of Chufut…
Tags: domestic life, lithograph, Tatar culture