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Oil painting of the leader of the largest rebellion and one of the most significant events of the eighteenth century.

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."…

Crimean Tatar men pray inside the Istrim Cami mosque in Karasubazar.

19 October 1837

Tatar peasant homes were often built into the sides of hills. Here a man and a small boy stand on a terrace looking into the distance. Demidov trains his Orientalizing gaze on the interior and exterior of the "typical" Tatar home, describing the…

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."…

In the Catherinian era the land survey was a phenomenon of the central provinces rather than a tool for extending Russian rule in the borderlands.