TAG | Russian Empire
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People of Russia in 1916-1919
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The following photos were taken by an unknown person belonging to the so-called Czechoslovak Legion, which stuck in Russia after the revolutionary events of 1917 and played an important role during the Russian Civil War. Source: humus
1. Small person guiding a blind one
Russians just a hundred years ago
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Album of Urban and Rural Buildings in Russia in 1881
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This album of projects of urban and rural buildings of the Russian Empire was compiled by the engineer-architect V.G.Zalessky with the participation of a number of other engineers and architects in 1881 – a very interesting document of its time with beautiful illustrations. Source: humus.
architecture of the Russian Empire
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People of the Russian Empire in the 1850s-1870s – Part 2
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The second set of photos of common people taken by William Carrick (1827-1878), a Scottish-Russian artist and photographer, in the Russian Empire. The first part. Source: humus.
1. Orthodox priest.
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People of the Russian Empire in the 1850s-1870s
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in History, People, Photos
William Carrick (1827-1878) was a Scottish-Russian artist and photographer. In 1859, in St. Petersburg, he opened the first photo studio in the Russian Empire.
Carrick quickly gained fame, capturing the daily life of the country and became the first Russian ethnographer-photographer. Let’s look at some of his works. The second part. Source: humus.
Musician playing a balalaika.
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Photorealistic Paintings of Ivan Shishkin
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Art, Culture, Nature
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin (1832-1898) was one of the greatest Russian landscape painters, who created very photorealistic pictures.
In his paintings he depicted the nature of the middle part of the East European Plain also known as Russian Plain, one of the largest plains in the world.
Rye (1878).
beautiful pictures of Russian nature
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Russian Movie Posters in 1914-1918
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Art, Entertainment, History
In 1913, on the wave of the general rise of the Russian economy, the rapid growth of the cinematographic industry began in the Russian Empire. In 1913, according to incomplete data, there were 1,412 movie theaters in the country, of which 134 – in St. Petersburg and 67 – in Moscow.
The heyday of the artistic Russian cinematography occurred during the First World War. In 1916, at least 150 million tickets to movie theaters were sold in the Russian Empire. Let’s look at the movie posters of these times. Source: humus.
1. Train of Horrors (1910s).
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Russian Empire in color – Vytegra and surroundings
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in History, Photos
Today, Vytegra is a small town (since 1773) with a population of about 10,000 people standing on the banks of the Vytegra River, 337 km north-west of Vologda, in the Vologda region.
You can see how this place looked like 108 years ago, in 1909. It is possible due to unique color photographs made by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky. Source.
General view of Vytegra and the Vytegra River.
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The most beautiful panoramas of the pre-revolutionary Russia
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in History, Photos
Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) was a Russian photographer, chemist, and inventor, who made a significant contribution to the development of photography and cinematography and was a pioneer of color photography in Russia.
In 1909-1916, Prokudin-Gorsky traveled a large part of the Russian Empire, photographing ancient churches, monasteries, factories, towns, villages, and a variety of domestic scenes.
The town of Zubtsova on the Volga River (1910).
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The interiors of the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo
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The Alexander Palace is one of the imperial palaces of Tsarskoye Selo (today, the town of Pushkin, part of St. Petersburg), located in the northern part of the Alexander Park. The palace was built by order of Empress Catherine II in 1792-1796.
At the beginning of the 20th century, during the reign of Nicholas II, the Alexander Palace became the main residence of the imperial family and the center of court life. Photos by: deletant.
the palace of the last Russian royal family
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The motives of Russian architecture in 1873-1880
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Entertainment, History
“The motives of Russian architecture” was a magazine published from 1873 to 1880. The magazine showed drafts and sketches of houses, public buildings created by the followers of the so-called “Russian style” in the architecture.
This style, based on the traditions of folk culture, revived the old methods and motives of Russian architecture. Country houses, exhibition halls, public buildings, churches looked like magical houses of Russian folk tales. It was thought that these projects were desirable to build all over Russia. Pictures by: humus.
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