Grant 2014: "120th anniversary of V.A. Obruchev's Russian-Chinese expedition"

Sand dune ridges near the town of Dunhuang
Members of the expedition next to the "castle-like hill of red sandstone", visited by V.A. Obruchev. Near Lanzhou
The route of the expedition
Members of the expedition at the entrance to the cave monastery Binlinsy near Lyutszyasya
Members of the expedition. Lake Qinghai
A shepherd on the Loess Plateau
"Colorful rocks" in the northern foothills of the Richthofen
Peasants on the Loess Plateau
production still. V. Filippov (left) and V. Saran
On a boat on the reservoir Lyutszyasya
I. Chubarov with the locals next to the "castle-like hill of red sandstone", visited by V.A. Obruchev. Near Lanzhou

Photographer: Aino Kirillova