Нанайцы Дальнего Востока. / Nanai people of the Far East: 1890s

Дореволюционная Россия в фотографиях
Нанайцы Дальнего Востока.
Фотограф Уильям Генри Джексон,
1890-е годы

Pre-revolutionary Russia in photographs
The Nanai people of the Far East
Photographs by William Henry Jackson
1890s

Music:
Tune played on the Russian Gusli by Igor Strelnikov

The Nanai people are a Tungusic people of the Far East, who have traditionally lived along Heilongjiang (Amur), Songhuajiang (Sunggari) and Ussuri rivers on the middle Amur Basin..
Common names for this people include Nanai, Golds, Goldes, Goldi, Heje and Samagir.....

William Henry Jackson (April 4, 1843 – June 30, 1942) was an American painter, Civil War veteran, geological survey photographer and an explorer.
From 1894 to 1896, Jackson Jackson was a member of the World Transport Commission, on whose instructions he went on a long journey through Europe, Africa, India, and Japan. He also visited Russia..
During his time in Russia, he spent some time in Trans-Baikal and photographed the local Nanai people. These are from that period.