The heroine of this postcard is a woman from historical Persia (modern-day Iran).Her image conveys the spirit of Eastern elegance and the grandeur of ancient Persian culture, which for millennia...
Karachay
The Karachays are one of the peoples indigenous to the Northen Caucasus. They belong to the Turkic group of peoples and are descendants of ancient tribes that inhabited the mountainous...
Sazandari
This early XX century postcard captures a group of Caucasian musicians — sazandars, folk performers and keepers of the musical traditions of Eastern Transcaucasia. The term “sazandar” comes from the...
Tavlints
This old postcard from the late XIX – early XX century depicts a group of highlanders identified as Tavlins — a term used in pre-revolutionary ethnographic tradition to refer to...
Osetians
This early XX century postcard depicts a group of Ossetians — representatives of one of the most ancient peoples of the Caucasus, descendants of the Alans, an Iranian-speaking nomadic people...
Caucasians. Kabardin family
According to the cultural and historical heritage of the Kabardian people themselves, the self-designation “Adyg” originated from the name of Edyge, Khan of the Golden Horde (1392–1419). Having conquered this...