"Chancellery of the Russian Governor in Svishtov 1878."
| Description: | Photograph of nine men, sitting and standing in two rows, with a carpet in front of them. In the first row five men are seated - two of them in military uniforms, holding swords; the others are wearing plain city clothes. The man in the center is holding a carnation, additionally colored in red and green. In the second row four men in urban clothes are standing. On the left and in the background there are potted plants. Recto: hand-written inscription in Russian. Verso: hand-written inscriptions in Russian with the names and positions of all photographed persons. |
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| Comment: | The Transitional Russian rule was established during the Russo-Ottoman War in April 1877, and suspended by the Treaty of the Congress of Berlin (13 June – 13 July 1878) and the establishment of Eastern Rumelia and the Principality of Bulgaria. The man in the center is Marko Dimitriev Balabanov (1837 - 1921) - Vice Governor of Svishtov and Ruse, lawyer and journalist; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ecclesiastical Matters (1878; 1883 - 1884); diplomat in the Ottoman Empire, in Romania and in Greece; lecturer at the University of Sofia (1889 - 1898) and member of the Bulgarian Literary Society (since 1911 called Bulgarian Academy of Sciences). Among the photographed is Emanuil Ivanov (1857 - 1925), a scholar, mathematician and physicist, one of the founders of the University of Sofia and elected rector of the University (1890 - 1892 and 1893 - 1894). As of 1898 he was a correspondent member of the Bulgarian Literary Society (renamed "Bulgarian Academy of Sciences" in 1911) and became a full member in 1900. |
| Date: | 1878 |
| Location: | Svistov |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Type: | Photograph |
| Creator: | Stojanović/Karastoyanov, Anastas Nikolov or Karastoyanov, Ivan Anastasov, (Photographer) |
| Dimensions: | Artefact: 171mm x 227mm Image: 168mm x 220mm |
| Format: | Imperial [?] |
| Technique: | Not specified |
| Keywords: | 200 Communication > 204 Press 290 Clothing 530 Arts > 5310 Verbal Arts 640 State 710 Military Technology > 714 Uniform and Accouterment 410 Tools and Appliances > 411 Weapons 560 Social Stratification 660 Political Behavior 810 Science and Humanities |
| Copyright: | Национална Библиотека "Св. св. Кирил и Методий" |
| Archive: | St. Cyril and St. Methodius National Library, Inv. No.: C III 1122 |
| License: | This picture is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA |
| Editor: | Anelia Kassabova |
| Permalink: | https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:vase.643 |