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Miniatures Adventure => Back of Beyond => Topic started by: cuprum on December 20, 2012, 06:13:21 AM

Title: Color photos Mountain Altai early 20th century.
Post by: cuprum on December 20, 2012, 06:13:21 AM

I found a few photos of Gorny Altai. In these places, during the Civil War, fought against the Siberian Army - Red Guard, and then fought with the army of Kolchak - Red Siberian partisans. Also here there were partisan clashes with the local tribes. Later it fought against the Red - already - White partisans.

(http://altai-photo.ru/_pu/0/s74169357.jpg)

(http://altai-photo.ru/_pu/0/33246127.jpg)

(http://altai-photo.ru/_pu/0/s42302448.jpg)

http://www.altai-photo.ru/publ/istorija_altaja/cvetnye_fotografii_altaja_nachala_20_go_veka/15-1-0-24

http://www.altai-photo.ru/publ/istorija_altaja/cvetnye_fotografii_altaja_nachala_20_go_veka_chast_2/15-1-0-25

http://www.altai-photo.ru/publ/istorija_altaja/cvetnye_fotografii_altaja_nachala_20_go_veka_chast_3/15-1-0-26

http://www.altai-photo.ru/publ/istorija_altaja/cvetnye_fotografii_altaja_nachala_20_go_veka_chast_4/15-1-0-27

Title: Re: Color photos Mountain Altai early 20th century.
Post by: Emir of Askaristan on December 20, 2012, 03:09:55 PM

Excellent photos.

Seeing them in colour reminds you how bright clothing could be as well as giving you an idea of the landscape and characters who inhabited it!

Title: Re: Color photos Mountain Altai early 20th century.
Post by: Ignatieff on December 20, 2012, 03:49:04 PM

Superb photos, you really are magnificent Cuprum. Thank you.  I love the bridge!

Ignatieff

Title: Re: Color photos Mountain Altai early 20th century.
Post by: giles the zog on December 20, 2012, 09:30:17 PM

Fantastic I was wondering what style of fencing Russians used in the far east. Looks like something like the Perry's do in plastic and can be deployed in large scale cheaply.  :)

Title: Re: Color photos Mountain Altai early 20th century.
Post by: cuprum on December 21, 2012, 01:05:26 AM

In Northern Russia, Siberia and the Far East, many forests - accordingly, often for constructions and facilities is used the tree.
Moreover, to shield outbuildings no aim to make "beautiful" fence. Usually limited to the primitive design that performs its function.
These fences are made from non-treated poles, chopped in a forest. Often fences make the without any nails.

For gaming terrain such fencing is easy to make of the usual twigs of sliced of the tree or bush. What they have a little rough - it's even good.

Here are some photos where you can see different designs of such fences (photo of Prokudin-Gorsky):

(http://s61.radikal.ru/i171/1212/b3/bfc897b1a288.jpg)

(http://s55.radikal.ru/i148/1212/2a/8c46b771a46a.jpg)

(http://i065.radikal.ru/1212/7c/2fc531e10a3d.jpg)

Title: Re: Color photos Mountain Altai early 20th century.
Post by: sepoy1857 on December 21, 2012, 01:12:47 AM

Outstanding! Thanks.

Title: Re: Color photos Mountain Altai early 20th century.
Post by: H.M.Stanley on December 21, 2012, 07:16:28 AM

Inspirational stuff.

Thank you Cuprum

Title: Re: Color photos Mountain Altai early 20th century.
Post by: sukhe_bator on December 21, 2012, 01:26:30 PM

Stefan Passe journeyed through Siberia and Mongolia in 1913 and took some iconic colour images
http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=stefan+passe&hl=en-GB&gbv=2&gs_l=heirloom-hp.3..0i10i30j0i8j0i8i30l2j0i8i10i30l2j0i8i30j0i8i10i30l2j0i8i30.906.20773.0.21695.30.27.2.1.1.0.94.2139.27.27.0...0.0...1c.1.9C6HjJsQJjM&sa=X&oi=image_result_group
These were part of the incredible photographic record compiled by Albert Kahn
http://www.albertkahn.co.uk/

Title: Re: Color photos Mountain Altai early 20th century.
Post by: The Dozing Dragon on December 21, 2012, 03:58:53 PM

Excellent pictures, thanks for sharing the link, this one is wonderful;

(http://altai-photo.ru/_pu/0/s16257308.jpg)

Title: Re: Color photos Mountain Altai early 20th century.
Post by: WuZhuiQiu on December 23, 2012, 03:27:24 PM

Interesting! The googled photo of the Mongolian woman in red depicts some chevaux-de-frise in the background!

Quote from: sukhe_bator on December 21, 2012, 01:26:30 PM

Stefan Passe journeyed through Siberia and Mongolia in 1913 and took some iconic colour images
http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=stefan+passe&hl=en-GB&gbv=2&gs_l=heirloom-hp.3..0i10i30j0i8j0i8i30l2j0i8i10i30l2j0i8i30j0i8i10i30l2j0i8i30.906.20773.0.21695.30.27.2.1.1.0.94.2139.27.27.0...0.0...1c.1.9C6HjJsQJjM&sa=X&oi=image_result_group
These were part of the incredible photographic record compiled by Albert Kahn
http://www.albertkahn.co.uk/

Title: Re: Color photos Mountain Altai early 20th century.
Post by: Stavros on December 27, 2012, 01:32:55 PM

Thankyou for sharing, very inspirational and something i need to crack on with in the new year with regards to terrain.

Title: Re: Color photos Mountain Altai early 20th century.
Post by: sukhe_bator on January 03, 2013, 11:38:57 AM

The cheveux de frise is something I've encountered in a number of photos of Mongolian monastery precincts. I believe it is a cheap and effective means of preventing livestock straying into cultivated/sacred parts within the often spacious circuit of the precinct walls.