I work at a museum in northern Sweden and these five photographs came across my desk. The photos are from a log house in Randijaur (northern Sweden). The area has been habited since 1690, although the building is more recent (perhaps 1844 as one of the photos says). From what I can understand some of this is in Russian, which I do not speak. Can anybody help me interpret this?
The Russian bit appears to use the letter R instead of Р, so I'm guessing it's not a native speaker. Seems to say ІВЕЬРТ МКИЬНВОЬ, using the old letter І which was eliminated in 1917. It's probably a rendition of a Swedish name in Cyrillic:
"Ivert McInvo", maybe. I know Ivert is a Swedish or Norwegian name but I'm not confident about that last name. As a Swede, maybe you can figure out what the last name is supposed to be.