Period Photos of People with Ethnographic Arms

[mahratt]

Circassian

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by mahratt

Circassian

Pictures from a Circassian charity event, 1908.

Circassian Cultural Charity Evening, Krasnodar, 18 January 1908.

Following devastating floods in the Kuban Region in Western Circassia in the winter of 1907/1908, the newly-formed Circassian Charity Society in Ekaterinodar [present-day Krasnodar], composed of well-off and intellectual local Circassians, organised a charity event on 18 January 1908 to raise money to help the victims of the floods and alleviate their ordeal.

The event was highly publicized and the famous Russian photographer Semen Afanasevich Shavlovsky [Семен Афанасьевич Шавловский] was engaged to document the proceedings in "living pictures". The event was well attended, and the organisers, including Prince Sultan Dovlet-Girey, managed to raise more than 2,000 roubles, a handsome sum at the time.

[CharlesS]

I think these pics are the first I've seen of Tartar style swords outside of museum photos. Great pics!!

[rickystl]

WONDERFUL Circassian photos with weapons!! Thank you for posting.
Rick