Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii - Samarkand

In a photograph taken near Samarkand, Uzbekistan, an old man, probably an ethnic Tajik, holds birds he has just caught. Samarkand and its region were noted for wide diversity in ethnic groups, including Uzbeks, Tajiks, Persians, and Arabs as well as the more recently arrived Russians.” Taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii c.1905-1915

                                   Samarkand Market Stalls

 

 Merchant at samarkand market-1911

 

  A boy sits in the court of Tillia-Kari mosque in Samarkand
1910