Deep in color Feudalism: Russian protectorate in 1913, Mongolia
In this collection you will find pictures of a large photo collection of Albert Kahn, dedicated to Mongolia, by the photographer Staffan Pass visited in 1913.
The independence of the (outer) Mongolia of China was proclaimed only in the late 1911 Bogd Gegen VIII, the Buddhist leader of the country, December 29, was elevated to the Bogd Khans became the theocratic ruler of the new state. Under the leadership of the Russian military advisers was set 20000th Mongolian army. November 3, 1912 was signed in Urga Mongolian-Russian agreement, designating the recognition of a separate nation of Mongolia with the simultaneous establishment of a Russian protectorate over it. However, 5 November 1913, Russia recognized China's suzerainty over Mongolia while preserving the rights of the autonomy of the latter.
Thus, Stephen Pass captures Mongolia at a time when it was (at least in the broad sense) part of the Russian Empire. In this country continued to remain in this primeval sanctuary of feudalism, "a park timurskogo period." And yet here was bizarre for a European.
A. The magazine National Geographic, this photograph was published with the caption: "Mongolian woman sentenced to death by starvation." Although this box could be used simply as a portable jail, known among the nomadic peoples.
Two. "Two soldiers Cossack in Urga", 1913 - Representatives of the limited contingent, visual symbol of the Russian protectorate
Three. The best shot - a hunter in the vicinity of Urga, 1913
4. Stephen Crew Pass between Kyakhta and Urgoy (see the flags of France and Russia)
Five. The capital of Mongolia, Urga (now Ulan Bator) 23 iyudya 1913
6. Urga in 1913
7. Street in Urga
Eight. Temple in Urga
9. Stupas monastic quarters Gandan in Urga
10. Lama around the stupa
11. Lama at the Yellow Palace
12. A married woman in Urga
13. Yellow Arch of Triumph Palace in Urga
14. Badamdorj in the vicinity of the Yellow Palace, Urga, 1913
15. Mongolian Yurts
16. The settlement of nomads in Inner Mongolia. China, 1912 (a snapshot from a previous expedition in China)
17. Two riders in the Buryat-Troitskosavsk (county town of Trans-Baikal area, 4 miles from the Chinese border)
In 1921, Mongolia will begin very different times. |