Altai Mountains 100 years ago (29 photos)

Super pictures. Almost untouched nature.


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At the beginning of the last century corporation "Granbers" in Stockholm has issued a series of postcards with views of Gorny Altai, Barnaul, Novokuznetsk, Ulaly (Gorno-Altai) under the name "Altai".
Its author - Barnaul photo-artist Sergei Borisov.

For three years he has devoted to trips to the Altai, made up a thousand pictures.
The result - in addition to publications in Stockholm, an invitation to cooperate in the Paris magazine "Patezhurnal" numerous performances with lectures about Altai and demonstrating remarkable images in the "magic lantern" (stereoscope) in Barnaul.

General view of the village Cherga.





Altai man in national costume (headdress - kuaraan Boruca, sheepskin coat - the tone, with a step cut) on a horse.



Altai shaman with a tambourine on a background of traditional dwellings - chaadyr.



Kazakh yurts in the valley of the middle reaches of the river Katun. Airdash the tract between the villages and Uznezya Cheposh.

















Chuiski. On the slopes Kyngrar boma. Above the confluence of the river Katun River Small Eloman.















Katun River Valley near the confluence of the Togus-Kahn.

















Source: nub1an

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