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The Turkestanskii Albom (Turkestan Album, or Tуркестанский альбом) provides a visual survey of locations in a part of Turkestan now known as Turkmenistan in Central Asia. The album was created from the perspective of the Russian imperial government that took control of the area in the 1850s and 1860s. About 1,200 photographs, with some architectural plans, watercolor drawings, and maps, comprise these albums. Physically, each large green leather-bound volume is 45 x 60 cm (17.7 x 23.6 in.) Following a printed title page, textual introduction, and list of captions, the visual plates appear with lithographically printed running headings, decorative borders, and individual captions in Russian. Each plate contains from one to eight gold-toned albumen photographic prints, with occasional watercolor drawings, architectural plans, and battle maps.