From the left — a young couple from the Bashkir tribe, a Kyrgyz girl with bridal jewelry, a Bukhara Kigisin in a padded kaftan, a Kyrgyz man with a fur hat, and an armed Kyrgyz. 1900 / Bildagentur-online / Universal Images Group / Getty Images
Kalmyk princess. Illustration from «Caucase and Asie Centrale, Types and Costumes», a work on the people and costume of the Caucasus and Central Asia by L. Boulanger. Paris, circa 1890 / The Print Collector / Print Collector / Getty Images
Akzel Beisembay. Tamga of tolengit kazakh tribe / Qalam
Kalmyk women in a yurt. From the London weekly «Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper». 1854 / The Print Collector / Heritage Images / Getty Images
Ivan Zelenov. Element of Bashkir national costume — inghalek (yelkalek). «Young married woman in festive costume». Ufa Governorate, Belebeevsky district, village of Yabalakly. 1909 / Wikimedia Commons
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky. Young turkmen woman in traditional dress and jewelry standing at the entrance of a yurt. Turkestan, circa 1905–1915 / Heritage Images / Getty Images
Nogai girls in traditional dress. Beginning of the 20th century / Wikimedia Commons
Kyrgyz People. Kyrgyzstan, 1910s / Romanov empire
Baimukhambet Kosshyghulov / vechastana / cyclowiki
Samuil Dudin. Kazakhs of the Semipalatinsk Region. 1899 / Romanov Empire
Kazakh yurt in the Nogai steppes near Astrakhan. 1894 / Romanov empire
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