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Black Sea (155 Subjects)

Cossacks of Novocherkassk enjoying their bath in the Don during the flood season.

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Tatar of Astrakhan area (Nagoy tribe) travels in traditional vehicle.

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Ancient tombs on Don river near the Black Sea, Russia.

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Map of the Don-Volga canal. Initially envisioned by the Ottomans and later by the Russians, the canal, which connects the Sea of Azov to the Caspian Sea was only completed in 1950.

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Circassian prince. Circassian man.

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Castle at the Black Sea. The author states that he saw this depiction on the reverse of an ancient Greek coin, discovered in the area.

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Observatory from which the Tatars of Kuban watched the movements of their Kirkassian neighbours. According to the author, in summer a fire was lit in these nests to keep the mosquitoes away.

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Tomb and votive offerings from Taman, Russia.

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Greek inscription from Crimea peninsula.

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Incription of the Byzantine period from Crimea.

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Sarcophagus from Asiatic Sarmatia (historical region west of the Caspian sea), used as a cistern, at the surroundings of Yeni Kale fortress in Crimea.

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View of the Cimmerian Bosporus or Strait of Kerch (where the Black Sea joins the Sea of Azov). On the bottom right, Taman volcano, surnamed Prekla (hell) by the locals.

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Coins of the kingdom of Cimmerian Bosporus (southern and eastern shores of the Sea of Azov), in the author's collection.

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The putative tomb of Mithridates at Kerch, Crimea.

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View of Cimmerian Bosporus or Strait of Kerch withn the port of Kerch (anc. Panticapaeum), Crimea. In the background, the coast of Phanagoria, today Taman peninsula, Russia.

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View of the palace of the Khans of Crimea at Bahçesaray, Crimea.

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Insects of the Crimea.

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Inscription of the Byzantine period from Crimea.

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Promontory near the monastery of Saint George at Chersonesus, Crimea.

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View of the bay of Balaklava near Sebastopol, Crimea. In the background, the remains of the Genoese fortress.

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Map of the peninsula of Heraclea and Chersonesus, Crimea.

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View of the interior chambers of the Genoese castle near Sebastopol, Crimea.

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View of Cape Fiolent between Sebastopol and Balaklava, Crimea.

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Plant of the genus Salvia, Minth family.

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Tomb of British prison reformer John Howard at Kerch, Crimea.

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View of Chatyr-Dan mountain range near Simferopol, Crimea.

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Coin of ancient Borysthenes or Pontic Olbia, a city in Sarmatia (historical region west of the Caspian Sea), near the mouth of Dnieper river.

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Ancient Greek inscription from the city of Pontic Olbia or Borysthenes, seen by the author at a church in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.

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Ancient Greek inscription from the city of Pontic Olbia or Borysthenes, seen by the author at a church in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.

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Byzantine inscription from Pontic Olbia or Borysthenes, seen by the author at a church in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.

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