The St. Petersburg Kunstkamera contains photographs of representatives of hundreds of nationalities who lived in the Russian Empire. Here are just 20 of them.
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Russian peasant, Ryazan province, 1900 - 1905
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Belarusian peasants, Mogilev province, 1903
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Ukrainian peasant, Chernihiv province, 1900-1905
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
A Pole from the Privislinsky provinces (modern Poland), 1903
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Karelian peasant from Petrozavodsk (Olonets province, now the Republic of Karelia), 1900-1905
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Komi-zyryanin from Vologda province, 1906
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Armenian woman from Baku province (now Azerbaijan), 1883
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
A Georgian woman from Tiflis province (now Tbilisi, Georgia), the end of the XIX century
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Avar from Dagestan, 1883
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Kabardian from Kabarda (now the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria), the end of the XIX century
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Lackets from Dagestan, 1883
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Kalmykka from Astrakhan province, Con. XIX - beginning . XX centuries .
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Tatar from Kazan province (now the Republic of Tatarstan), 1880
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Bashkir from Ufa province (now the Republic of Bashkortostan), 1900-1905
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Ayn from Sakhalin Island, the end of the XIX century.
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Mansi from Perm province, 1908
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Itelmenka from Kamchatka, 1911
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Tofalarki from Irkutsk province, 1900-1905
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Tuvans from Uriankhai region (now the Republic of Tuva), 1900-1905
20 photos of representatives of different peoples of the Russian Empire
Evenki (Tungus) from the Trans-Baikal region, 1912