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Two views of the data on the trade in "chernye tovary", or peasant-produced goods, in markets of the late 18th century.

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…

"The Makarevski Sheltovodskii monastery stands silhouetted against a pearly sky as the waters of Russia's Volga River drift by."

Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Russian Voyage: From the White to the Black Sea," June 1994,…

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