Sergei Zhirkevich photograph collection, 1980-1998

Collection Summary

Title	Sergei Zhirkevich photograph collection, 1980-1998
Collection Number	AFC 2000/026
Inclusive Dates	1980-1998
Location	American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Extent (original)	3.5 linear feet (3 boxes)
Extent (original)	82 pages of manuscript material; 1 monograph with 214 pages; 28 silver gelatin black-and-white photographic prints, ca. 12 x 16 inches.
Creator	Zhirkevich, Sergei, 1958-
Languages	Russian (Cyrillic); English
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af006009
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2005700221
Summary	Collection consists of 28 black-and-white photographic prints and 46 pages of diary excerpts written in the field by Sergei Zhirkevich, who documented music, dance, religious traditions (processions, Shrovetide customs) and rural life in the Pskov and Leningrad regions of Russia, the North Caucasus mountain area, Kazakhstan, and the former Baltic states between 1982 and 1998 for his book, Ot Zamogil'ia do Blagodati, From Beyond the Grave to Blessed Grace. (Sankt-Peterburg: Ikar, 1999). Collection includes one photograph taken in Estonia.