title: 4 The photographic legacy of Alexander N. Samoilovich (1880–1938)
abstract: This article is dedicated to the study of photographic activity by the prominent Russian Turkologist Alexander N. Samoilovich (1880-1938). The primary focus of modern-day investigations of his career is concentrated on his linguistic and literary studies or his public service in the 1920s-1930s. However, photographic activity was an essential part of his academic methodology. In this article this practice is studied as a "net of beliefs", determined by cultural space and the dominant academic me