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Forward to the past: colorful retro photographs from the 1870s, taken by a citizen of Odessa of French origin
Forward to the past: colorful retro photographs from the 1870s, taken by a citizen of Odessa of French origin

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Retro historical photographs by Jean Xavier Raoul in the 1870s
Retro historical photographs by Jean Xavier Raoul in the 1870s

Jean Xavier Raoul is a French-born photographer from Odessa. In 1870, he went on an expedition to the Nizhny Novgorod and Oryol provinces, visited the Caucasus and wherever he happened to be, Jean Raoul took pictures of ordinary people. Today these photographs are a real discovery.

1. Andrew's estuary

Estuary 3 km northwest of the coast of the Odessa Gulf of the Black Sea. Odessa, late 1870s
Estuary 3 km northwest of the coast of the Odessa Gulf of the Black Sea. Odessa, late 1870s

2. Nikolaevsky Boulevard

Boulevard in Odessa. End of the 1870s
Boulevard in Odessa. End of the 1870s

3. Small Fountains

Outskirts of Odessa. End of the 1870s
Outskirts of Odessa. End of the 1870s

4. Lanzheron - the seaside part of the city of Odessa

Outskirts of Odessa. End of the 1870s
Outskirts of Odessa. End of the 1870s

5. Ethnographic group of the Georgian people

Gurians in the Caucasus in the late 1870s
Gurians in the Caucasus in the late 1870s

6. National dance

Gurian dance. Caucasus, late 1870s
Gurian dance. Caucasus, late 1870s

7. Georgian from Imereti in western Georgia

Imeretin. Caucasus, late 1870s
Imeretin. Caucasus, late 1870s

8. Jews

Caucasian Jews. End of the 1870s
Caucasian Jews. End of the 1870s

9. View of the Haynkyoi pass

The pillar was erected to commemorate the first crossing of the Balkans on July 30, 1877. Position of the 14th battalion from 26 July to 1 August
The pillar was erected to commemorate the first crossing of the Balkans on July 30, 1877. Position of the 14th battalion from 26 July to 1 August

10. Reinforced and well-disguised battery

View of the Bald Battery from a forest mountain in 1877
View of the Bald Battery from a forest mountain in 1877

11. Place of grouping of fire and tactical subunits

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