The article highlights the history of the formation and features of the collection of the famous Ural forester and hereditary researcher-local historian A. F. Teploukhov. An exhaustive description of the traditional culture of the Komi-Permyaks is given, which is reflected in photo documents of the beginning of the XX century. The paper focuses on the northern ethnic group, with which A. F. Teploukhov worked in 1910-1915 on the territory of the Cherdyn District of Perm Krai. Keywords: ethnography and traditional culture of the Komi-Permyaks, history of the Komi-Permyak ethnography, A. F. Teploukhov, museum collections, photo collection. Komi-Permyaks are one of the Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia. In 2002, 125,235 people identified themselves as Komi-Permians in the Russian Federation, of which 103,505 people lived in the Perm Region, including 80,327 people in the Komi-Permyak district. Historically, the territory of formation and settlement of the ethnic group was the Middle and Upper Kama Region-Perm Krai. In 1472, the territory of the Permian Komi settlement was incorporated into the Russian state. The Komi-Permian ethnic group, which represents the autochthonous population of the region, is heterogeneous in its structure. It consists of four ethnographic groups: the Inven, or southern, Kosin-Kama, or northern, as well as the Verkhnekamsk, or Zyuzdin, and Yazva Komi-Permyaks. The differences between the northern and southern groups can be traced not only in dialects, but also in the economic system, cultural and everyday features. Academic interest in the indigenous population of the region began in the 19th century. The earliest ethnographic collections of the Perm Regional Museum of the late XIX-early XX centuries included objects of culture and everyday life of the Komi-Permyaks. At the same time, the first photos of the collection appeared in the museum, depicting the life of these representatives of the indigenous population of the region. Most of the images ... Читать далее