Illustrations for "The Expedition to Khiva" by Maksud Alikhanov-Avarsky
Collection of drawings and sketches made by the author of the "The Expedition to Khiva"
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Below are illustrations for my book “The Expedition to Khiva” which were made by the author, Maksud Alikhanov-Avarsky, as he advanced inland from the Caspian Sea to the Khanate of Khiva. As I explain in the Translator’s Introduction, these images could not be included in the book itself.
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Illustrations for “The Expedition to Khiva”
View of the Tokmak Shore on the Caspian Sea, with the Entrance to the Kinderli Bay
Camp of the Mangyshlak Detachment at the Kinderli Bay
Detachment at the Seneca Well, after 92 Vertsas of Waterless Desert
The Ak-Tyube Fortification
Camp and Provision Depot near Embensky Post
The Embensky Fortified Post
Kaunda Lake and the Art-Kaunda Well
Tomb of the Kyrgyz Bek
Graves of the Kyrgyz near the Busaga Wells
Tomb of the Bogatyr Ileshes, near the River Temir
The Detachment’s Camp near Khan-Dyurt-Kul
Chulak-Kairakty Stantsia
Interior of the stantsia Chulak-Kairakty
Cape Urgu and the Dried out Aibugir Bay of the Aral Sea
Tomb of the Bogatyr Ileshes, near the River Temir
Mill in the City of Khodzheili
Ruins of the Tower at Cape Kara-Gumbet, Built, According to the Locals, by Prince Bekovich-Cherkassy in 1717
The Fortress of Kiyat
Part of the Kungrad Cemetery and Tower of the Mindless Auliya Khan
The Mountains of Sheikh-Dzhela, on the Eastern Shore of the Amu-Darya
Stationing of the Mangyshlak Detachment at the Ruins of the Alan Fortress, Built by Prince Bekovich-Cherkassy in 1717
The United Detachments of General Verevkin Cross the Shah-Abat Canal on 25 May 1873
Fortification, Built by the Mangyshlak Detachment at the Besh-Akty Wells
View of Kungrad and its Citadel from the Aral Sea
Absolutely fantastic. Thank you for posting.
I bought the book.