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The Russian Empire in all its diversity, Part 1
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in History, People, Photos
Sergey Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky – Russian photographer, chemist, inventor, publisher, educator, and social activist. He made a significant contribution to the development of photography and cinematography. He was also a pioneer of color photography in Russia.
Prokudin-Gorsky captured in color photographs the Russian Empire of his day; its culture, history, and modernization.
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Original photos of the Russian Empire
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in History, Photos, Video
Interesting set of original black&white and color photographs of the cities and towns of the Russian Empire taken in 1890-1912.
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The color photos of Russia before World War I
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in History, People, Video
The following video presents a small number of color photos captured by Russian photographer Sergey Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky in the beginning of 20th century. Unique photos give us the opportunity to see the life of Russian Empire in color just before its end.
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The views of Russia of the year of 1837 (part 4)
3 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in History, Photos
In the year of 1837 Russian entrepreneur A.N.Demidov sponsored the Russian trip of an artist from France A.Durand. Here is the fourth and the final part of the pictures made by the artist during his travel (all the pictures are clickable). First, Second, Third parts of the pictures.
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The views of Russia of the year of 1837 (part 3)
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in History, Photos
In the year of 1837 Russian entrepreneur A.N.Demidov sponsored the Russian trip of an artist from France A.Durand. Here is the third part of the pictures made by the artist during his travel (all the pictures are clickable). First, Second, Fourth parts of the pictures.
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In 1837 Russian entrepreneur A.N.Demidov sponsored the Russian trip of an artist from France A.Durand. Here is the second part of the pictures made by the artist during his travel (all the pictures are clickable). First, third, fourth parts of the pictures.
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The views of Russia of the year of 1837
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in History, Photos
In 1837 Russian entrepreneur A.N.Demidov sponsored the Russian trip of an artist from France A.Durand. Here is the first part of pictures made by the artist during his travel (all the pictures are clickable). Second, third, fourth parts of the pictures.
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Russia before the revolutions of 1917
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in History, People, Video
The color photos of people and landscapes of the Russian Empire captured in the beginning of the 20th century.
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Russian artist Valentin Kalininskiy gives us the unique opportunity to see that the rulers of present day Russian have something in common with the rulers of Russian Empire of the past.
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