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Handicraft works of the Perm zemstvo, 1911. From a collection of photographs documenting the First West Siberian Agricultural, Forestry, and Industrial Trade Exhibition, which took place in Omsk in 1911. The exhibition was held from June 15 to August 1 of that year, and was a significant event in the life of the Siberian region. Nothing on this scale or this level of ambition had ever been staged in Siberia. Omsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife Handicraft works of the Perm zemstvo, 1911. Creator: A. A. Antonov. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/HERITAGE ART)