The interior gives one pause, of course

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Church of St Sergius of Radonezh in Tashkent, consecrated in 1897 and demolished in 1932

Until 1932 Tashkent had a church of Saint Sergius of Radonezh. It was built at the state's expense on the initiative of the Governor-General of Turkestan, Baron Alexandr Vrevsky, and the construction cost 90,000 roubles. The church stood on Pushkinskaya Street, at the junction with Assakinskaya.

Old photograph of a standing man in a hat beside a reindeer carrying two children in fur clothing, on snowy ground.

Family portrait with reindeer, photograph from the 1910s

Portrait of a family with reindeer, 1910s

Black-and-white photograph of a man turning round from the back seat of a white convertible on a Roman street at night, lit by shop signs.

Jean-Paul in an open car on Piazza Colonna in Rome, 1960s

Such a lively and eloquent photograph, with soul. Jean-Paul on Piazza Colonna in Rome in the 1960s

The interior gives one pause, of course

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Church of St Sergius of Radonezh in Tashkent, consecrated in 1897 and demolished in 1932

Family portrait with reindeer, photograph from the 1910s

Jean-Paul in an open car on Piazza Colonna in Rome, 1960s

Paris in May 1968