Ethiopia is one of the oldest countries in the world. This country is on the boundary between the Eurasian civilization and "wild" equatorial Africa, so even the Ethiopians special race - "mixed" or "transition". Statue of Emperor Menelik II, opposite the Cathedral of St. George in Addis Ababa in June 1931 But it is a bit like the capital of the other Orthodox Empire, which for 240 years before it also struck Westernization of feudalism!
And on the steps of the Cathedral of St. George Ethiopian veterans sit in traditional attire
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And Orthodox priests at the same cathedral
And here is the Emperor Haile Selassie, who will rule with an iron hand until 1975, until it overthrows the Marxist revolution
The governor of the province of Tigre with representatives of the American mission
Dear people of the United States, who came to support the reform
Fetawrari Mou lou Gueta, Minister of War
Archbishop ERC
Empress Menen
People gathered on the occasion of the coronation
Simple Ethiopian soldiers during the coronation
Soldier on duty every lion and rhino
Soon it will have to meet the soldiers with tanks Mussolini
Noble woman Amharic in Addis Ababa
Ethiopian Light Industry
During a trip to the lake Cana
Source: visualhistory.livejournal.com