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Women of the Mountains by L. Khvat/ 8. Geography class at the Frunze Pedagogical School. In the foreground -- second year student Sakish Dzhusopova./ Photo by M. Savin

This is the cover art for the first river guide published in Russia: a guide to the Volga, from Tver to Astrakhan on the Caspian.

277. Сбор чайного листа в грузинском колхозе. // [Harvesting of tea leaves at a collective farm in Georgia.]

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.

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A Crimean Tatar family travels on horseback and on foot near Yalta. Women in burkas carry infants in their laps. According to Demidov, the Tatars were free to pursue their favorite economic activities, including the farming "at which they excel."…