Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) was a Russian photographer, chemist (a student of Dmitri Mendeleev), inventor, publisher, teacher, and public figure. He made significant contributions to the development of photography and cinematography. He was a pioneer of color photography in Russia and the creator of the “Collection of Landmarks of the Russian Empire.”

Between 1909 and 1916, Prokudin-Gorsky traveled across a significant portion of the Russian Empire, photographing old churches, monasteries, factories, towns, villages, and a variety of everyday scenes.

The town of Zubtsov (Tver Oblast) on the Volga River (1910).

Thanks to him, we can see what the Russian Empire looked like in color in the last years of its existence. Source: International research project “The Legacy of S.M. Prokudin-Gorsky”.

Rostov Kremlin (Yaroslavl Oblast) (1911).

Krasnaya (Red) Cliff at Minyar Station (Chelyabinsk Oblast) (1910).

Kasli (Chelyabinsk Oblast) (1909).

Ryazan (1912).

Dagomys (Sochi) (1912).

Sochi (1912).

Vladimir (1911).

Suzdal (Vladimir Oblast) (1912).

Vitebsk – a city in northeast Belarus (1912).

Construction of a dam and lock near the village of Kuzminskoye on the Oka River in Ryazan Oblast. (1912).

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