Древний Мерв / Ancient Merv - 1911
Древний Мерв
Транскаспийский область
Фотографии Сергей. М. Прокудина-Горского
1911
Ancient Merv
Transcaspian Oblast
Photographs by Sergey. M. Prokudin-Gorsky
1911
Muisc:
Melody from Central Asia
Here I present another series of photographs by the great pioneering
Russian photographer, Sergey Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky.
Merv, now in present day Turkmenistan is an UNESCO World heritage Site. Merv was briefly the largest city in the world in the 12th century , located on the old Silk Road.....
When these photographs were taken in 1911, Merv was part of the Russian Empire.