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Photograph: Vakarina Fair. Chukchee

Title:

Photograph: Vakarina Fair

Ethnic groups:

Chukchee

Territory:

Far East Krai, Chukotka district

Date:

1912

Collectors-person:
Sokolnikov Nikolai P.
Photographer:
Dimensions:

11,8 x 16,8

Number:

РЭМ 3949-16

Annotation:

Fairs played an important role in the exploration of Siberia by Russian pathbreakers and merchants. Deer farmers and maritime people of Chukotka and nearby territories came to the fair to get the commodities they needed by natural barter. T Abstract by V.V. Gorbacheva