Photo of the Major General, Quartermaster General of the 1st Manchu Army Pyotr Ivanovich Oganovsky (1905-1906).

Russian Empire, St. Petersburg, photo studio of Karl Bull. 1906.

Photo: 13.9 x 9.9 cm. Passe-partout: 16.2 x 10.2 cm.
The photo is pasted on Bull's branded passe-partout at 48 and 75 Nevsky Prospekt.
Inscription in French in black ink on the reverse side.

Pyotr Ivanovich Oganovsky (1851–?) was Major General (1904), Lieutenant General (1910), General of Infantry (1913). In 1870 he graduated from the Vilna infantry cadet school. He served in the 118th infantry Shuisky regiment. In 1882 he graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff. In 1896-1900 he was Chief of Staff of the troops of the Ural region. In 1900-1904 Oganovsky was Commander of the 79th Kura Infantry Regiment. In 1904-1905 he participated in the Russian-Japanese war at the head of the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Siberian Infantry Division. From October 1910 he served as Chief of the 51st Infantry Division. In 1915 he became the commander of the 4th Caucasian Army Corps. In 1916 he was commander of the 3rd Army Corps.

Bulla Karl Karlovich (1855 - 1929) was a Russian photographer who went down in history as the "father of Russian photo reporting". Supplier to Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna Romanova, court photographer to King Nicholas I of Montenegro, personal photographer to His Majesty the King of Italy, court photographer to His Majesty the King of Serbia. Bulla is the holder of a number of medals, awards, honorary titles and a cavalier of six foreign orders. In addition, Bulla was often honoured by members of the Russian imperial family, for example, he received a gold watch and, later, a silver cigarette case as a gift from Emperor Nicholas II for his achievements in photography.