Stereo photographs of Ani by the photographer Aram Vruyr.
STEREOSCOPIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANI

"Vues du Caucase" Series


  • A stereograph of Ani from the Ermakow series, identical to card N°34 of Kurkdjian's series on Ani.


    • The cards produced by Kurkdjian are the best known stereoscopic photographs of Ani. However, at least two other commercial series of cards exist. "Vues du Caucase" was a large set of stereoscopic cards illustrating the Caucasus region of the Russian Empire, produced for the tourist market probably in the 1890s. It included some views of Ani. Although the words on the cards imply that the photographs are by Dimitri Ermakow (1845 - c1916) who was based in Tiflis and practiced as a photographer between 1880 and 1915, those that show Ani are actually Kurkdjian's photographs and are either reprints or copies of his original cards.

    Vruyr's Stereoscopic Photographs of Ani

    The 16 cards shown below are from a series produced by Aram Vruyr. Vryur was a photographer employed by Nikolai Marr to record the excavations and the monuments at Ani. I do not know how many cards there were in the complete set. They seem to date from the 1910s.


  • The "Lion Gate" and its flanking towers


  • Rear view of a tower near the "Lion Gate"


  • View along the walls towards the "Lion Gate"


  • The city walls beside the Gayladzor valley


  • An exterior view of the Baron's Palace


  • Interior walls and basement of the Baron's Palace


  • Church n°10, overlooking the Igadzor valley


  • The church of Saint George and (on the right)
    the tombstone of King Ashot III, at the monastery
    of Horomos, near Ani - click here for a larger photo


  • The rear of the "Lion Gate" and its towers


  • Walls and towers to the right of the "Lion Gate"


  • The rear of the "Kars Gate" and its towers


  • The city walls beside the Gayladzor valley


  • The Baron's Palace seen from the Igadzor valley


  • The northwest corner of the cathedral


  • Some caves in the Tsaghkotsadzor valley


  • Toros T'oramanian standing beside some architectural fragments discovered during the excavations at Ani - click here for a larger photo

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