Travel from Biblionne

One of 500 copies printed. Collection of articles on the history of the discovery and development Alaska by Russians issued by Russian Historical Society in America. The idea of the collection to show the importance of the discovery of Alaska and the beginning of the Russian Orthodox Mission in Alaska and America. However, it is more scientific research, rather than the research… Read more about this item

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

One of 5 000 copies published. First and only Russian edition. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 ended in tragedy, claiming the lives of all three expedition members: S. A. Andrée, Knut Frænkel, and Nils Strindberg. Andrée, the first Swedish balloonist, proposed an audacious journey by hydrogen balloon from Svalbard to either Russia or Canada, with the ambitious aim of… Read more about this item

First and only edition. On May 25, 1928, the airship Nobile crashed on the Arctic Ocean ice, marking one of the greatest tragedies in aviation history and triggering the first major international search and rescue operation. Responding to the distress call, the Soviet Union, with its excellent resources, dispatched three Arctic icebreakers: the Malygin, the Sedov, and the Krasin. The Krasin… Read more about this item

In good condition, slight wear at the edges. Photos are singed on the back side. Later print. This collection includes rare photos of Tamchinsky Dastan – 'the center of Buddhism in eastern Siberia' (was closed in January 1938 and reopened only in 1990), monks in Cham dance masks, seated Tara statue, the statue of the Buryat lama (shiretui) Ganzhirva Gegen of… Read more about this item

One of 1 000 copies published. First issue of serials published by Soviet Arctic Institute. Published until 1937 under this title. The main text in the issue is devoted to Icebreaker Sedov's expedition to Franz-Josef Land. Also there is Obituary Otto Sverdrup with his portrait; Extracts from foreign posts: Destiny of the Andreé expedition, Franklin expedition's traces found by Canadian pilot L.T. Burwash on… Read more about this item