Photography from Biblionne

This collection of photos includes depictions of views from Khiva, the capital of the Khanate of Khiva, and the palaces of the Khiva khans, including the alley near Nurullaboy Palace and the pool. Additionally, the collection features images with the traces of what might have been a prison, possibly for women along with their graves, the local people crossing the… Read more about this item

Gelatin silver print, printed later. Rare. This photograph captures the affluent bride from Samagaltay, a rural locality (selo) and the administrative center of the Tes-Khemsky District in Tuva, situated in southern Siberia. Samagaltay held the position of Tuva's capital until 1921. The bride is depicted inside a yurt, a customary circular tent that serves as a common dwelling, alongside a kitchen cupboard… Read more about this item

Gelatin silver print, printed later. Most likely, the photograph depicts two Tuvan women, members of a Turco-Mongol ethnic group indigenous to Siberia, dressed in traditional costumes ("ton" robe). It is possible that the original image was taken during an ethnographic expedition in the late 19th century. Historically, during the Qing dynasty, the last imperial dynasty of China, Tuva was part of Outer… Read more about this item

Gelatin silver print. Rare. The photograph captures a group of men before a baigue, which is one of the oldest and widely practiced forms of horse racing among Turkic people. Baigue involves riding across rugged terrains for long distances (in the past, ranging from 5–15 km and sometimes exceeding 50 km), where the rider's tactical skill plays a crucial role. Its… Read more about this item

It is highly probable that this unusual photograph was captured during a journey to Altai, often referred to as "the Siberian Switzerland." Prior to the Soviet era, Russians did not have a strong tradition of traveling extensively within the country, especially accompanied by children and photography equipment. One could infer that these tourists possessed sufficient wealth to have a photographer… Read more about this item

Most likely, these photographs were taken by Yevgeny Pavlovsky (1884-1965), a prominent zoologist, entomologist, and academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939). He is renowned for orchestrating numerous expeditions to Central Asia, the Transcaucasus, Crimea, and the Russian Far East, all with the purpose of studying endemic parasitic and transmissible diseases. Notably, in 1928, he journeyed to… Read more about this item

This is an original photograph featuring the writer Philip Roth and actress Nicole Kidman. The photo was taken at the popular New York restaurant, the Russian Samovar, on April 26, 2002. It is likely that multiple copies of this photograph were produced, with one being displayed in the restaurant itself. This particular photo was captured during the filming of 'The… Read more about this item

Signed and inscribed by a Colombian novelist, winner of the Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "I

Most likely, the second (bigger) photo is unknown. These photos depicted the crew of Rodina (Fatherland) aircraft which performed a non-stop flight between Moscow and the Sea of Okhotsk on September 25, 1938. The aircraft crew consisted of commander Valentina Grizodubova (1909-1993), co-pilot Polina Osipenko (1907-1939), and navigator Marina Raskova (1912-1943). During the flight lasting 26 hours 29 minutes,… Read more about this item

The Soyuz 10 was the world's first mission to the world's first space station, the Soviet Salyut 1 (launched on April 19). It was the first upgraded spacecraft with new docking mechanism, which allowed space station visits and internal crew transfer. The Soyuz 10 was launched to dock with Salyut 1 on April 22, 1971. Unfortunately, during docking the crew… Read more about this item

Kodak Safety Film, [1973-1981?]. This collection includes: 1. Vladimir Remek (b. 1948), the first non-Soviet and non-American in space, and Aleksei Gubarev (1931-2015) in immersion suits 'Trout' (on the envelope - 'Penguin'). 1979. 9x6. Cosmonauts flew aboard Soyuz 28 from 2 to 10 March 1978. The flight was the first mission in the Intercosmos program. 2. Boris Volynov (b. 1934), Pavel… Read more about this item

This photo album devoted to the construction of the Lower Svir Hydroelectric Station. According to the original project, three dams with hydroelectric power plants should have been built on the Svir River (the north-east from Leningrad). However only two of them were built. The construction started in 1927 and was headed by the engineer and one of the founders of… Read more about this item

This collection includes rare photos of Mestia – main town in Upper Svaneti, historical province in Georgia. The town is well-known for the stone defensive towers (Svan towers). Most of them date back to the period between the 9th and 12th centuries. Since 1996, these traditional towers have been protected as an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Especially interesting is Svan-hunter… Read more about this item

The collection includes photos from the Caucasus Nature Reserve (wildlife nature, Guzeripl Dolmen, a megalithic tomb), Kabardino-Balkaria (Nalchik, Kunnyum Aul in Upper Balkaria, abandoned nowadays, Chegem waterfalls) and Karachay-Cherkessia (Teberda and Dombay; especially interesting are photos with Karachay guides and photo of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Convent, also abandoned nowadays). According to owner's marks and plots, all photos were taken by professional… Read more about this item

N.p., 1933-1939. 62 photos: 8vo landscape (3 photos), 16mo landscape (2 photos), 32mo (7 photos), 32mo landscape (42 photos), 48mo landscape (4 photos), 64mo landscape (4 photos).Due to the Great Depression in the West in the early 1930s, the ratio of gold prices to industrial equipment was unusually favorable in order to buy machines and equipment that was necessary for Soviet… Read more about this item

N.p., [1936-1937?]. 8vo landscape, [12] leaves (111 photos; 48mo - 11, 48mo landscape - 68, 64mo - 29, 64mo landscape - 3) + 7 photos (8vo – 3, 8vo landscape - 4). Extremely rare photos. Ostyak-Vogul National Okrug (since 1940 Khanty-Mansi National Okrug) was established on December 1930. Siberian peoples were displeased with the intervention that the Soviets undertook. 'The civilization' policies… Read more about this item

N.p., [ca late 1960s?]. 56 photos: 8vo (1 photo), 8vo landscape (8 photos), 12mo (2 photos), 12mo landscape (19 photos), 16mo landscape (2 photos), 18mo landscape (1 photo), 32mo (2 photos), 32mo landscape (20 photos), 48mo (1 photo). This collection includes photos from the 12th (1966-1967) and 13th (1967-1968) Soviet Antarctic Expeditions. During these expeditions a new method was used for… Read more about this item

[Leningrad?], [1979]. This unusual book was a birthday gift from colleges to archaeologist and ethnographer, full member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR Alexey Okladnikov (1908-1981). He was an expert in the ancient cultures and history of Siberia, Far East and Mongolia. Okladnikov made numerous important discoveries, including the first Neanderthal remains in the USSR at Teshik Tash (Uzbekistan)… Read more about this item

N.p., ca 1930s?. Rare example of professional ethnographic photos of 30s of the XXth. These rare photos depicted the route to Teberda town, Kamennomost aul and Kulhorsky mountain pass (Caucasus). Especially interesting is photo with Karachay's women in traditional costumes carrying buckets of water. In 1943 Karachay Autonomous Oblast was dissolved and the Karachay people (almost 70 000 Karachay natives, including old men,… Read more about this item

In good condition, wear at the edges, small crack, owner's mark on the back side. Gelatin silver print.