People gathered at the Teletoba festival in the village of Teleti near Tbilisi, Georgia, 1890s.

Azeri Muslim men from Georgia, late 19th century.

Azerbaijani Muslim carpet sellers in Tbilisi, Georgia, ca. 1900. By Dmitry Ermakov.

Women weaving carpets in the village of Sirik, southwestern Azerbaijan, 1930s.

Azerbaijani Qazax region carpet from the late 19th century.

Woman weaving a rug in the Armenian SSR, late 1950s.

Mullah with a turban in Yerevan, Armenia, late 19th century. Photographed by Dmitri Ermakov.

View of Baku, Azerbaijan, late 19th century. By D. I. Ermakov.

Elders from Svaneti, Georgia, 1950s. Photographed by Manaba Magomedova.

Fort in the Darial Gorge on the border between Russia and Georgia, 1964.

Udi Nikolai Totskoynov (on horseback) with a soldier of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. Oğuz, 1919-1920s.

Azerbaijani wedding ritual, 1965. Photographed by Lev Borodulin.

Baku, Azerbaijan, in the early 1920s.

Ismail-Bek, spiritual leader of the Yazidis of Georgia, 1909.

Man in Caucasian dress, Shaki (Şəki), Azerbaijan, late 19th century.

An Azerbaijani girl in traditional dress. Tbilisi, Georgia, early 20th century.

Armenian musicians from Verin Agulis (Yuxarı Əylis), Nakhchivan, 1890