Gamsutl

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Reference to the artist: Lakov N.A., from the series Dances of Dagestan nations, Number 4 (1958-1962), courtesy of Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts

Reference to the artist: the film White gold of our country (1958), dir. Belyaev V., Central Documentary Film Studios

Reference to the artist: the film Path leading downhill (1962), dir. Finkelberg P., North Caucasian Film Studio

Reference to the artist: the film Path leading downhill (1962), dir. Finkelberg P., North Caucasian Film Studio

Reference to the artist: the film Path leading downhill (1962), dir. Finkelberg P., North Caucasian Film Studio

Reference to the artist: the film Path leading downhill (1962), dir. Finkelberg P., North Caucasian Film Studio

Reference to the artist: Lakov N.A., from the series Dances of Dagestan nations, Number 3 (1958-1962), courtesy of Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts

Reference to the artist: Caucasian War Paintings. Roubaud F.A., Military Assault of the aul Salty 14 October 1847 (1886), courtesy of Dagestan State Museum of History and Architecture 

Reference to the artist: Caucasian War Paintings. Roubaud F.A., Military Assault of the aul Ahulgo 22 august 1839 (1888), courtesy of Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts

Dagestan State Museum of History and Architecture: display outlining the Dagestan fight for freedom against Iranian occupation and the defeat of Nadir Shah in 1741 near Gamsutl 

Reference to the artist: from the Soviet period; Hirsch, Francine. Empire of Nations: Ethnographic Knowledge and the Making of the Soviet Union. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2005

Reference to the artist: from the Soviet period, Lakov N.A., Building High-altitude Channel in Dagestan in the 1940’s (1940), courtesy of Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts

Reference to the artist: from Soviet Folk Art, Moscow (1939)

Reference to the artist: antique postcard, Kislovodsk, Tvo. F. Aleksandrovich and Co. Kislovodsk, collection of the artist (back)

Reference to the artist: antique postcard, Kislovodsk, Tvo. F. Aleksandrovich and Co. Kislovodsk, collection of the artist (front)

Reference to the artist: antique postcard, Karachai, Kislovodsk area. Bermamit, Southern steep: 2607 meters above the sea level, with the view of Elbrus (h. 5633 m.), MKOI Kislovodsk, collection of the artist (back)

Reference to the artist: antique postcard, Karachai, Kislovodsk area. Bermamit, Southern steep: 2607 meters above the sea level, with the view of Elbrus (h. 5633 m.), MKOI Kislovodsk, collection of the artist (front)