Colorful portraits of the Permians: unique photos of the residents of the Perm Region in 1868

Colorful portraits of the Permians: unique photos of the residents of the Perm Region in 1868

Categories: History

In 1868, the researcher K. Tchaikovsky visited the Perm Region, where he photographed local residents. Thanks to these images, we can look at what the inhabitants of this subject of Russia looked like more than a century and a half ago.

Colorful portraits of the Permians: unique photos of the residents of the Perm Region in 1868

Colorful portraits of the Permians: unique photos of the residents of the Perm Region in 1868

1. A resident of Solikamsk county.

Colorful portraits of the Permians: unique photos of the residents of the Perm Region in 1868

2. The middle-class woman of the city of Cherdyn.

Colorful portraits of the Permians: unique photos of the residents of the Perm Region in 1868

3. Permyak of Cherdynsky uyezd.

Colorful portraits of the Permians: unique photos of the residents of the Perm Region in 1868

4. A resident of Solikamsk county.

Colorful portraits of the Permians: unique photos of the residents of the Perm Region in 1868

5. A resident of Cherdynsky uyezd.

Colorful portraits of the Permians: unique photos of the residents of the Perm Region in 1868

6. The middle-class woman of the city of Cherdyn.

Colorful portraits of the Permians: unique photos of the residents of the Perm Region in 1868

7. The middle-class woman of the city of Cherdyn.

8. Philistine of the city of Cherdyn.

Keywords: Russian Federation | History | Perm | Russian Empire | 19th century

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