It’s always a good idea to branch out and try new things, and focusing on the more Asiatic aspects of Russia instead of the European is a way to do that. I don’t know if you noticed, but there were at least three other pictures that were almost the exact same as this, with the Emir of Bukhara in the same chair with the same background and the same outfit. Do you think that was the Emir’s idea or Sergei?
