Category: Russian Colonials

We thought we needed some Turks to go with our great Russians.

The Library of Congress contains a digitized record of the “Turkestan Album.” It was commissioned by the first governor of Russian Turkestan—none other than the conqueror, General Konstantin Petrovich Von Kaufman.

Jules Verne is famously known as a science fiction writer, but he also wrote historical fiction.

We’re about ready to release the Russian artillery crew for Central Asia–see the pic above.