#astrakhan

[postcard-from-the-past]

Church in Astrakhan, Russia

Russian vintage postcard, mailed in 1916 to Wien, Austria

[historyfiles]

Kazan: the Tartar Kazan khanate was a splinter state of the disintegrating Golden Horde, occupying territory of the former Volga Bulgars and neighboured by the Astrakhan khanate to its south-west.

Kingdoms of Central Asia - Khans of Kazan (Tartars)

Coverage of the various historical cultures, rulers, and states of the Far East

[bobemajses]

Jewish life in Astrakhan, Russia, ca. 2010

The Jews of Astrakhan, one of Russia's southernmost cities, are a culturally heterogenous entity coming from various sub-ethnic backgrounds, with roots that go back to the dawn of recorded history in the East European Plain. It was even well known to the rabbis of the Talmud, who referred to the “fine salt of Astrakhan”. In early medieval times, the city was home to the Khazars, a Turkic warrior tribe who had converted to Judaism. Some local Jews still maintain the tradition that they are descendants of the ancient Khazar converts. Under the Mongol conqueror Timur, Bukharan Jews were invited to live and trade in Astrakhan. From the 18th century, Ashkenazi merchants and army veterans from other parts of the Russian Empire began to arrive. Mountain Jews from the Caucasus settled in the 1850s along the street now called Shaumyana, which was once known as "Jewish Town." During the repressive Soviet times, Jewish life in the public sphere continued to dwindle to the point that only the city’s “Nusach Sefard” (Sephardic) synagogue was left functioning. After the fall of the USSR, the community slowly reestablished itself and is today thriving once again.

[zolotorat]

Astrakhan, Russia

[chicinsilk]

"Poivre et Sel" (2)

Pierre Balmain Haute Couture Collection, “Jolie Madame de France” Fall/Winter 1954-55. Nancy Berg wears "Poivre et Sel" a black and white herringbone tweed coat and dress set by Jacques Léonard, black astrakhan beret from South West Africa.

Pierre Balmain Collection Haute Couture, "Jolie Madame de France" Automne/Hiver 1954-55. Nancy Berg porte "Poivre et Sel" un ensemble manteau et robe en tweed à chevrons noir et blanc de Jacques Léonard, béret en astrakan noir du Sud-Ouest Africain.

Photo Clifford Coffin

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode illustrée, no. 48, 27 novembre 1898, Paris. Toilette de promenade d'hiver. Modèle de Mmes Coussinet-Piret, rue Richer, 43. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

Description de la gravure coloriée:

Robe en covercoat gris-argent ornée d'incrustations de velours noir qui sont bordées d'un galon de fantaisie assorti. — Le corsage de forme jaquette ajustée s'ouvre devant sur un gilet plissé en légère soie blanche; l'encolure est formée de velours noir ruché et de dentelle; sur le devant deux grands revers de velours noir, sertis de marabout, terminent la jaquette décorée de volutes de velours noir incrusté, et bordée d'un galon gris de ton plus foncé que la robe; manches très plates, légèrement plissées du haut et terminées par une manchette de velours noir bordée de marabout.

La jupe très ample et très longue de tous côtés, de forme polonaise garnie de marabout au bord se relève en avant sur un devant de soie blanche plissée semblable à celui du corsage.

Sur le devant, un motif formé d'incrustation de velours noir descend en ondulations depuis la ceinture jusqu'à la partie inférieure de la polonaise pour se terminer en larges volutes rappelant celles du corsage.

Manchon en astrakan.

Chapeau de la Maison Lenthéric. Forme boléro espagnol à trois pointes, en velours gris et noir, garni d'une large boucle en simili placée en avant.

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Dress in silver-grey covercoat adorned with black velvet inlays which are edged with a matching fancy braid. — The fitted jacket-shaped bodice opens in front on a pleated waistcoat in light white silk; the neckline is made of ruched black velvet and lace; on the front two large black velvet lapels, set with marabou, end the jacket decorated with volutes of encrusted black velvet, and edged with a gray braid of a tone darker than the dress; very flat sleeves, slightly pleated at the top and finished with a black velvet cuff lined with marabou.

The very ample and very long skirt on all sides, of Polish form trimmed with marabout at the edge, rises in front on a front of pleated white silk similar to that of the bodice.

On the front, a pattern made up of black velvet inlay descends in undulations from the waistband to the lower part of the polonais to end in large scrolls reminiscent of those of the bodice.

Astrakhan muff.

Hat from Maison Lenthéric. Spanish bolero shape with three points, in gray and black velvet, trimmed with a large faux leather buckle placed in front.

[vintage-russia]

Woman in a stylized Russian costume,Astrakhan (1900s)

Photography by Ivan Bochkaryov

[alexxx-malev]

Astrakhan 61 by Alexxx Malev Via Flickr: Russia. Astrakhan. Stock Exchange Building Астрахань. Здание биржи