1955
Description
S.M. Prokudin-Gorsky's comment:
This one is at the entrance to the mosque. This gentlemen sit here all day long, doning nothing, taking change from ones who come to pray. Typical loafers!
Yes, it is quite rude for locals at that time, but it looks like Prokudin-Gorsky was impressed and worried by poor condition of medieval architecture. It is need to be said that reconstruction works bagan in the 1930's and in the 1990's Bibi-Khanym, the famous Tamerlan mosque, was fully recovered.
Index Card
| Title |
At entrance to Shakh-i Zindeh
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| Title in Album |
At entrance to Shakh-i Zindeh
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| Date | |
| De Facto Album | Turkestan (1906—1907, 1911) |
| Number in Album |
56
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| Photo Type |
Black-and-white control print
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| Identificational Status |
Not identified
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| Identificational Reason | |
| Library of Congress Number | 2276 |
Place of Shoot
1913:
Nowadays:
This photo can be also found in other projects:
Veinik's website (ru)
Temples of Russia (ru)
Library of Congress