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Prokudin Gorskii: Sarti︠a︡nka. Samarkand. Color separation negative

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Prokudin Gorskii: Sarti︠a︡nka. Samarkand. Color separation negative

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Woman in purdah, standing near wooden door.

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A comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s. Commissioned by General Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufman (1818–82), the first governor-general of Russian Turkestan.

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01/01/1905
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Prokudin-Gorskiĭ, Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1863-1944, photographer
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No known restrictions on publication. For additional information on commercial use, see "Prokudin-Gorskii...," http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/237_prok.html

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