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The 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 10,300 people standing on the banks of the Vytegra River, 337 km north-west of Vologda, the capital of Vologda Oblast.
This is a unique opportunity to see what this place looked like 116 years ago – in 1909. This is possible thanks to the unique color photographs taken by Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky, a Russian chemist and photographer known for his pioneering work in color photography. Source.
General view of Vytegra and the Vytegra River.
Vytegra – view from the hill.
The drawbridge on the Vytegra River.
The Cathedral of the Resurrection in Vytegra.
The crew of the steamship “Sheksna”.
The fire brigade of Vytegra.
The Church of Our Savior and the Protection of the Mother of God in the village of Vytegorsky Pogost.
The tanker barge “Eugenia” in Vytegorsky Pogost.
Loparev (Heilborn) cardboard factory.
The drawbridge on the Vytegra River.
The village of Devyatiny.
The Dam of St. Paul in Devyatiny.
The repair shop in Devyatiny.
Devyatiny.
The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady in Devyatiny.
Original lantern.
The chapel for water blessing in Devyatiny.
The dredging machine.
The village of Materiki.
The Paraskeva Chapel in Materiki.
Lake Onega. The mouth of the Vytegra River.
Woodcutters near the mouth of the Vytegra River.
Tags: Russian Empire · Vologda oblast
