Polovtsoff Aleksandr A. The Land of Timur: Recollections of Russian Turkestan

Routledge, 2018. — 205 p. — (Routledge Revivals).Alexander Alexandrovich Polovtsov recants his journey across Central Asia with illustrations. Alexander Alexandrovich Polovtsov was a Russian diplomat, ethnographer, and expert on Oriental art. He studied law at the Imperial Legal College in St. Petersburg and, after serving in the Horse Guards, went to work for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, moving to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the end of the 1890s. Throughout his career, Polovtsov was a keen art collector, and he helped to organize the museum of art in the Baron Stieglitz Art College, founded by his father-in-law.
Samarcand. The Reghistan Mosque.
Three reminiscence of Timur.
Zikr. Cheehel-Dookhtaron. Hodja-Akhrar.
Samarcand at night. Bibi-Khanum’s Madrasa.
Bazm. Iskander-Zulkarnain.
Around Samarcand Bokhara. Boohara-i-sharif. Residences of the Ameer.
The Pamirs Mazandaran. Travelling in Central Asia.