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In good condition, slight wear at the edges. Photos are singed on the back side. Later print.This collection includes rare photos of Tamchinsky Dastan – 'the center of Buddhism in eastern Siberia' (was closed in January 1938 and reopened only in 1990), monks in Cham dance masks, seated Tara statue, the statue of the Buryat lama (shiretui) Ganzhirva Gegen of Tsugol Datsan (was closed and ransacked in 1933 ), and monks (samanera), who print religious texts. Original photos of Tamchinsky Dastan and monks in masks were made by writer and the first photographer of Buryatia Nikolay Charushin (1852-1937) during his exile in 1878-1895.