Ivan Cherniavski, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right Classic, Antique Print

Drawn from the Library of Congress archive, this print depicts Ivan Cherniavski, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right Classic. The Library holds one of the most comprehensive collections of American and international historical prints in the world.

Library of Congress record: Created between 1880 and 1886 Kennan describes Cherniavski and his wife as two of the most interesting political exiles that he met in Irkutsk in September, 1885. The couple were banished to the Tobolsk province by administrative process in 1878. In 1881, when Cherniavski refused to take the oath of allegiance to Tsar Alexander III, they were sent further east, first to Krasno u arsk, then to Irkutsk, and finally to a settlement 165 miles from I Akutsk. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). George Kennan Papers. Cartes de visite 1880-1890.Photographic prints 1880-1890.Portrait photographs 1880-1890.

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