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Kulik expedition photographs of the fallen forest (1927–1938)

PhotographPublic domain1927–1938
Kulik expedition photographs of the fallen forest (1927–1938): picture
Kulik expedition photographs of the fallen forest (1927–1938): picture
Kulik expedition photographs of the fallen forest (1927–1938): pictureKulik expedition photographs of the fallen forest (1927–1938): pictureKulik expedition photographs of the fallen forest (1927–1938): photoKulik expedition photographs of the fallen forest (1927–1938): photo

Soviet photographs of 1927–1938, the first record of the fallen forest; the archive holding the original negatives was not established. The 1938 aerial survey is listed on the Bologna site; no free copy was found.

Leonid Kulik's expedition, 1927. Public domain

Copies 6

PhotoKulik expeditions; digitised by the Bologna Tunguska team · www-th.bo.infn.it · free to use with credit to the sitePrimary source: Tunguska Home Page (University of Bologna)2 steps from the original
PictureLeonid Kulik's expedition · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (Russia; published 1931)1 step from the original
PhotoKulik's 1938 aerial survey; digitised by the Bologna Tunguska team · www-th.bo.infn.it · 1938 · free to use with credit to the sitePrimary source: Kulik's 1938 aerial photographic survey of the Tunguska area (photo list)2 steps from the original
Picturephotographer not named · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (Russia; published 1931)2 steps from the original
PhotoKulik expedition · commons.wikimedia.org · 1929-05 · Public domain (Russia; published 1931)Primary source: File:Tunguska Ereignis-1.jpg1 step from the original
PhotoKulik expeditions, as printed in Vokrug Sveta (1931) · commons.wikimedia.org · 1930 · Public domain (Russia; published 1931)Primary source: Tunguska photographs and map from Vokrug Sveta (1931), on Wikimedia Commons2 steps from the original

Where it was made

1Tunguska epicentre200 km1200 km

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Kulik expedition photographs of the fallen forest (1927–1938) [Artifact ART0D4ECSN84AF3]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D4ECSN84AF3
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