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Title
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Uniforms of the different corps composing the emperor of Russia's personal escort
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Rights
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The New York Public Library, public domain
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Creator
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Jean Soreieul (1823-1871)
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Date
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1860
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Description
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The Cossacks were comprised of multi ethnic groups of Slavic and Turkic peoples. Don Cossacks primarily lived in Ukraine and Southern Russia. Mussulman were ethnic Russian Muslims from the Northern Caucuses and Tatarstan. Circassians inhabited the Northern coasts of the black sea. Lesghians , and Lesghians inhabited Azerbaijan and Russia.
This photo features five men of various regions the Steppe region Cossacks who were employed by the Russian army. They wear many of the traditional dress, and were exotic in appearance compared to the plain dark green Russian army conscript.
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Format
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Paper
printed
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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The New York Public Library, New York City, New York
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Contributor
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Timothy Jackson
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Identifier
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The New York Public Library, 831176
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Subject
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Napoleonic Wars; russia; 1800s;19th Century; Cossack; military; uniform
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Source
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jpeg file, https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dac52330-c538-012f-72e2-58d385a7bc34?canvasIndex=0
