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050	0	0	_aDK854. _bP536 1872
245	0	0	_aPlan of siege and assault on the fortresses of Ak Mechet from July 5th to 28th, 1853 Drawn and illustrated by Head Monographer Tubernskii Sehretar' Petrov = Plan osady i shturma. Krieposti Ak-Mecheti s 5-go po 28-e Iiulia 1853 g. / _cChertil i illiuminoval Klassnii Monograf Tubernskii Sehretar' Petrov.
255			_aScale not given.
260			_a[Place of publication not identified] : _b[Publisher not identified], _c[between 1867 and 1872].
300			_a1 map : _bcolor ; _c31 x 40 cm.
500			_aRussian language.
500			_a“Plan of Siege and Assault on the Fortresses of Ak-Mechet from July 5–28, 1853 : This drawing shows a topical map of the battle plan used by the Russians at Ak-Mechet (present-day Kzyl-Orda, Kazakhstan), on the Syr Darya River, drawn and illustrated by Ranked Topographer Province Secretary Petrov. It is from the historical part of the Turkestan Album, a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s. Commissioned by General Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufman (1818–82), the first governor-general of Russian Turkestan, the album is in four parts spanning six volumes: “Archaeological Part” (two volumes); “Ethnographic Part” (two volumes); “Trades Part” (one volume); and “Historical Part” (one volume). The compiler of the first three parts was Russian Orientalist Aleksandr L. Kun, who was assisted by Nikolai V. Bogaevskii. Production of the album was completed in 1871–72. The fourth part was compiled by Mikhail Afrikanovich Terentʹev (born 1837), a Russian military officer, orientalist, linguist, and author who participated in the Russian expedition to Samarkand of 1867−68. The album contains some 1,200 photographs, along with architectural plans, watercolor drawings, and maps. The “Historical Part” documents Russian military activities between 1853 and 1871 with photographs and watercolor maps of major battles and sieges. The photographs include individual and group portraits of officials and military personnel. Most of the men portrayed were recipients of the Cross of Saint George, an honor conferred upon soldiers and sailors for bravery in battle. A few photographs at the beginning of the album depict officers awarded the Order of Saint George, an honor granted to senior Russian officers for superior merit in conducting military operations. Also shown are views of citadels, fortifications, cities and villages, churches, ruins, and monuments commemorating soldiers killed in battle. The album contains 211 images on 79 plates”—copied from website.
500			_aThe Library of Congress donated copies of the digitized material (along with extensive bibliographic records) containing more than 163,000 pages of documents to ACKU, the collections that include thousands of historical, cultural, and scholarly materials dating from the early 1300s to the 1990s includes books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, newspapers and periodicals related to Afghanistan in Pushto, Dari, as well as in English, French, German, Russian and other European languages ACKU has a PDF copy of the item.
520			_aSummary: Drawing shows topical map of battle plan used by the Russians at Ak Mechet. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-15112 (digital file from original photo) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
546			_a380
650		0	_aDrawings – Hand-colored – 1860-1880.
650		0	_aTopographic maps – 1860-1880.
651		0	_aAsia, Central – Description and travel.
651		0	_aRussia – History, Military – 1801-1917.
856			_qPDF _uhttps://doi.org/10.29171/azu_acku_dk854_p536_1872 _zScanned for ACKU.
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