PHOTOGRAPHS
(in approximate chronological order)

PORTRAITS
1. Portraits & Illustrations by Dennis Creffield
2. Portraits by Other Painters

Sketches by Regina Derieva
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A bas-relief by Arcady Kotler. 2015
Courtesy Sigtunastiftelsen

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Newly discovered portrait of Regina dated from 1987 by Pavel Rechensky (1923-1999). Courtesy of TENGRI-Modern Gallery.
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Regina Derieva’s drawings from the series of very few illustrations for the 
unfinished cycle of poems on Greco-Roman mythology. The cycle is titled 
'The Unnatural World'. Courtesy of Stanford University Archives.
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Three "Khazar" pictures painted by Regina Derieva on canvas 
with egg-tempera. Courtesy of Stanford University Archives.

At some time around 2005 Regina recalled her Khazar origins. She wrote a little 
about it in one of her essays. And one day, after my persuading her to try icon 
painting, she created three pictures in what she imagined to be the "Khazar"
manner, or in any event with Khazar elements.
The Khazars were a Turkic people who originated in Central Asia and later 
settled in cities and towns throughout the northern Caucasus and the Ukraine. 
The kingdom of the Khazars is now long gone. Some Khazars professed 
Christianity (http://www.khazaria.com/khazar-christians.html), though many 
others were interested in Judaism and Islam. Those Khazars who practiced 
a form of Judaism called Karaism became known, with some exceptions, as Karaites.
In 2006 Regina got a letter from her friend and translator, Daniel Weissbort, 
where, writing of himself he said that he had "...always been fascinated by the
Mongols (Turkic people) and their descendants, since my mother's family is
supposed to be of Mongol origin - obviously a very long time ago! But I have
photos of uncles or distant relatives, from Poland in which they look quite 
oriental!..." So, somehow Daniel has encouraged her too... 

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