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Evreikskie [sic] svadebnye obriady. Svidaniia zhenikha s neviestoi (kuda-bini) do braka

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Evreikskie [sic] svadebnye obriady. Svidaniia zhenikha s neviestoi (kuda-bini) do braka

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Photograph shows the bride groom (second from left) and his father(?) meeting the bride's parents (on right). The bride is seated in the doorway.

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 79.
"Kuda-bini" translated from Turkic/Mongolian as "meeting with the bride's parents."

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.

Jewish types from the ethnographical part of Turkestan Album, 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, the album is in four parts spanning six volumes including the photographs show individuals representing the different peoples of the region.

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01/01/1865
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