Guide to the Kars Photograph Album
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Title: Kars Photograph Album
Date (inclusive): ca. 1878-1921
Collection number: Bernath Mss 53
Extent: .2 linear feet (1 half-size box)
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical location: Del Sur
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Kars Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 53. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 2003.
Scope and Content of Collection
Photograph album, ca. 1878-1921, containing 24 black/white images, with captions in Russian. Kars, now part of Turkey, was
part of the Russian Empire at the time. Most of the photos are landscapes from the Agri Dagi mountains south of Kars or the
routes north of Kars to Oltu, Artvin, Ardahan, and Batum. Several show small mounted parties of Russian officers and Cossacks,
as well as close-ups of Kurdish groups, a salt mine, the ruined fortress at Oltu, waterfalls, local inhabitants drawing water
at a spring, and stone bridges. This album appears to have belonged to a Russian Tsarist officer who served in the area.
Box
Photograph album, ca. 1878 - 1921
Box 1
Part of Agri-Dag/Karssk region
Box 2
Part of Agri-Dag in Erivau province
Box 3
Tonographer near the hills of Agri-Dag (Karssk region)
Box 4
Part of Agri-Dag in Erivau province
Box 5
Part of Pakhur-Dag (Karssk province)
Box 6
Hydrochloric hill (rock salt) in village Kul'py (Erivau province)
Box 7
Kul'py hill in Erivau province
Box 8
View of Agri-Dag in Erivau province
Box 9
Cliffs by village Arseniako (Karssk region)
Box 10
Village Kosor on Ol'ty's highway
Box 11
Eagles' nests on hills of Ol'ty's highway
Box 12
Shepherds — Kurds (Karssk region)
Box 15
Canyon on Ol'tinsk highway
Box 16
Ruins of old castle near village Ol'ty
Box 17
Water spring in a village Zyrchi (Karssk region)
Box 18
Rock mountain on Artvin's highway
Box 19
Cliffs on Batum-Artvin highway
Box 20
A waterfall on Karssk-Ardagau highway
Box 21
A waterfall on Artvin's highway
Box 22
A bridge over river Ardapuch-chai on Artvin's highway
Box 23
Old bridge over river Imer-khevi (Bat. region)
Box 24
Canyon on Ol'ty's highway
