Buriat Collection

Neighborhoods of Irkutsk. Buryat, 1904. Creator: Unknown
Neighborhoods of Irkutsk. Buryat, 1904. National Library of Russia

A Boat, 1890. Creator: Unknown
A Boat, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

In the woods, 1890. Creator: Unknown
In the woods, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

Yakuts, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Yakuts, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

Schoolchildren, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Schoolchildren, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

Lunch in the forest, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Lunch in the forest, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

The convoy is in the woods, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The convoy is in the woods, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats

Hammering the sheaf, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Hammering the sheaf, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

Bonfire in the woods, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Bonfire in the woods, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats

Shitik on the Lena, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Shitik on the Lena, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

Pipe Smoking, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Pipe Smoking, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

Woman preparing tarasun, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Woman preparing tarasun, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats

They Caught a Reindeer, 1890. Creator: Unknown
They Caught a Reindeer, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats

Old Believers, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Old Believers, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

Old Believers, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Old Believers, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

Old Believers, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Old Believers, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

Ice fishing, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Ice fishing, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

A woman with a cradle, 1890. Creator: Unknown
A woman with a cradle, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats

Yakut Family, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Yakut Family, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

Russian immigrants, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Russian immigrants, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

Yakut women, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Yakut women, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

A girl riding a bull, 1890. Creator: Unknown
A girl riding a bull, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats

Yakuts on horses, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Yakuts on horses, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

Sail Boat on the Lena River, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Sail Boat on the Lena River, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including

Buryat girl, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. Creator: I Popov
Buryat girl, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. The album "Peoples of Siberia" contains twenty-seven photographs depicting Yakuts and Buryats, everyday life, festivals, meetings, housing

Army Church, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Army Church, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

Passenger ship on the Lena, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Passenger ship on the Lena, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats

Transporting workers to the mines, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Transporting workers to the mines, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including

Buryats, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. Creator: I Popov
Buryats, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. Albumn contains twenty-seven photographs depicting Yakuts and Buryats, everyday life, festivals, meetings, housing, utensils, and hunting accessories

Buryat children, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. Creator: I Popov
Buryat children, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. The album "Peoples of Siberia" contains twenty-seven photographs depicting Yakuts and Buryats, everyday life, festivals, meetings

Old Believer family, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Old Believer family, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

Pupils of the parish school, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Pupils of the parish school, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including

A bull drawn in a cart, 1890. Creator: Unknown
A bull drawn in a cart, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats

Carriage of goods by reindeer, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Carriage of goods by reindeer, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including

Household fixture, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Household fixture, 1890 The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

Working with a flour millstone, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Working with a flour millstone, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including

Steamers in festive decoration, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Steamers in festive decoration, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including

The building of the Yakutsk District Court, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The building of the Yakutsk District Court, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs

Khapchagai post station, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Khapchagai post station, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats

Horse in festive harness and rider in ceremonial attire, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Horse in festive harness and rider in ceremonial attire, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs

Transbaikal Buryats, 1862. Creator: Karlis Huns
Transbaikal Buryats, 1862. Sheet 51 from the album "Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie", volume 1

A Buriats Yurt, early 19th century. Creator: Nikolai Apollonovich Charushin
A Buriats Yurt, early 19th century. This album consists of fifty-three photographs by the Siberian photographer N. A. Charushin

Church of the Resurrection, 1900. Creator: Nikolai Apollonovich Charushin
Church of the Resurrection, 1900. This collection consists of sixty-six photographs and documents that depict the history

Full-length portrait of wealthy Buriat man and his wife, facing front, between 1870 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Full-length portrait of wealthy Buriat man and his wife, facing front, between 1870 and 1886

Types of Selenga Buryats, 1895-1939. Creator: L Veniukov
Types of Selenga Buryats, 1895-1939. This collection includes more than two hundred photographs taken during scientific expeditions into the most remote wilderness regions of Siberia at the end of

Buryat on horseback with bow, 1895-1939. Creator: L Veniukov
Buryat on horseback with bow, 1895-1939. This collection includes more than two hundred photographs taken during scientific expeditions into the most remote wilderness regions of Siberia at the end

Buryat in national festive costume, 1895-1939. Creator: L Veniukov
Buryat in national festive costume, 1895-1939. This collection includes more than two hundred photographs taken during scientific expeditions into the most remote wilderness regions of Siberia at

Buryat girl from the Aginsk Duma, 1895-1939. Creator: L Veniukov
Buryat girl from the Aginsk Duma, 1895-1939. This collection includes more than two hundred photographs taken during scientific expeditions into the most remote wilderness regions of Siberia at

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1. A journey through time: Unknown photographs from 1890 reveal the daily life of the Buryat people. (Boat) A traditional boat on the water, a means of transportation in the vast Siberian landscape. 2. (In the woods) The Buryat people connect with nature, living in harmony with the forest and its resources. 3. (Yakuts) The Yakut people, a subgroup of the Buryats, are depicted here in their traditional clothing, showcasing their rich cultural heritage. 4. (Schoolchildren) Education is a priority, even in the remote regions of Siberia, as these schoolchildren demonstrate. 5. (Lunch in the forest) A break from the day's work, the Buryats enjoy a simple yet nourishing meal in the heart of the forest. 6. (The convoy is in the woods) A group of travelers make their way through the forest, their journey marked by the changing seasons. 7. (Hammering the sheaf) Harvest time is a communal effort, as seen in this image of Buryats working together to process their crops. 8. (Bonfire in the woods) Gathering around a bonfire, the Buryats share stories, connect with one another, and keep warm in the chilly Siberian nights. 9. (Shitik on the Lena) The Shitik, a traditional Buryat dwelling, is seen here on the banks of the Lena River. 10. (Pipe Smoking) A moment of relaxation, a pipe in hand, as the Buryat man takes a break from his daily tasks. 11. (Woman preparing tarasun) A Buryat woman prepares tarasun, a traditional fermented milk product, in this captivating image from 1890. 12. (They Caught a Reindeer) Hunting and gathering are essential skills for the Buryat people, as evidenced by this photograph of a successful reindeer hunt.