Two "common Tatars" distribute alms as they exit the mosque. There is a mulla wearing a turban and a haji next to him - recognizable due to the white band. Among the mendicants there is a chapelet and another haji - "the rest are miserable Gypsies." Demidov also assures his readers that "theses images of charity without ostentation are common outside of mosques." (31) 17 August 1837
Anatolii Demidov, Album du Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée, par la Hongrie, La Valachie et la Moldavie>, ed. Ernest Bourdin (Paris, 1838)
Image courtesy of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library
Main Street in Bahcesaray (Grande Rue de Baghtcheh-Sarai)
View of main street in Bahcesaray (Bakhchisaray). Crimean Tatars in ox-driven wagons ride down the street while others walk or sit on the side. Demidov notes that the street is "lined with shops selling things Tatar have produced for two centuries," including pottery, cutlery, slippers, purses, and belts, and with the ubiquitous mountains of watermelons - that fruit serving as almost the sole source of nourishment for many people. According to Demidov, the Tatars "work in moderation and shop with dignity." (36)
Butcher and other Tatar merchants (Boucher et autres marchands tartars)
View of Crimean Tatar butcher and other merchants, smoking and talking in the street outside their stalls. Meat hangs from hooks at the butcher's stall and a pack of dogs sit opposite the merchants. 20 August 1837
View of the Old Bazaar and Mount Mithridates (Vue du Vieux Bazar et du Mont Mithridate)
Panorama of the bazaar (market) in Kerch. People sit or stand in groups; a man rides by on a horse; camels, oxen, dogs, chickens, ducks, and birds walk freely around the bazaar. 8 October 1837
Armenians and Tatars in a café (Armeniens et tatars dans un café)
Interior view of a cafe. Men sit around a table cross-legged smoking pipes. They have taken off their shoes. 18 October 1837
Tatar dervishes sit or stand in a circle at the Istrim Cami Mosque in Karasubazar. 18 October 1837
Crimean Tatar men pray inside the Istrim Cami mosque in Karasubazar. 19 October 1837
Family, domestic interior (Famille tatare dans son interier)
Interior view of a Tatar home near Kapsikhor. A large family is gathered around the father. Food and drink rest on the ground and on a low table. Small tapestries cover the floor. Plates, pitchers, and cloths are are displayed on a high shelf. 21 October 1837
Village of Alushta (Vue du village tatar d'Alouchta)
Panorama of Alushta on Crimea's southern coast. In the foreground, a shepherd herds goats with the help of a few dogs. Crimean mountains (the high peak is Demirdzhi) and the Black Sea, complete with a vessel with furled sails, can be seen in the background. 23 October 1837
Return from the Fountain (Retour de la fontaine)
Crimean Tatar women walk with jugs of water toward a house in the distance. A pregnant woman in the foreground wears a head covering; the younger women wear skullcaps (tiubeteikas) - all but the bareheaded women with a jug balanced on her right shoulder. All are barefoot but adorned with belts and embroidered garments. A second group of women remains at the fountain, deep in conversation. Derekoi (near Yalta); 26 October 1837