It is almost incomprehensible that these colour photographs were taken in Russian Empire a century ago, even before the beginning of World War I! Such early years as 1909-1915, the years that these pictures were taken, are deeply engraved in our imagination as the world of black and white. Therefore these rare images by trained photographer and chemist Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) strike us with awe.
Striking pictures of Vladimir Lenin disguised as a factory worker at Razliz station in August 1917, and sitting side-by-side with Joseph Stalin in 1922 have been brought to life by the new pictures.
Experts have painstakingly transformed black and white images from around the world for a new book, Retrographic: History in Colour.
NOTE: All of the articles pertaining to Nicholas II and his family which were originally published in my Royal Russia News blog, have been moved to this Nicholas II blog. This article was originall…
Reproduction of Vintage travel poster of St Petersburg in Russia. Colourful depiction of St. Petersburg, the Cultural Heart of Russia. St. Petersburg is a Russian port city on the Baltic Sea. It was the imperial capital for 2 centuries, having been founded in 1703 by Peter the Great, Available as: A2 23.4" x 16.5" inches A3 16.5 x 11.7 inches Available on 180gsm matt poster paper or 200gsm silk poster paper. Printed using quality long lasting pigment inks. For more Travel Posters have a look at my shop: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Printagonist *Frame not included*
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The unsettling pictures show the hypnotic gaze of Grigori Rasputin, whose intensely cold blue eyes won over the impressionable Tsarina and helped lead her family's reign to ruin.
Elena Zemlyanitsyna (Russian, 1889-1941), Autumn Bouquet, 1916. Pencil and tempera on paper laid on cardboard, 69 x 101 cm.
It is almost incomprehensible that these colour photographs were taken in Russian Empire a century ago, even before the beginning of World War I! Such early years as 1909-1915, the years that these pictures were taken, are deeply engraved in our imagination as the world of black and white. Therefore these rare images by trained photographer and chemist Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) strike us with awe.
В нашем предыдущем посте мы сделали обзор снимков Прокудина-Горсокого, посвященных представителям различных народов Российской империи. Теперь остановимся на фотокартинах, на которых мастер запечатлел образы русского народа. Как известно, Коллекция достопримечательностей создавалась не…
It is almost incomprehensible that these colour photographs were taken in Russian Empire a century ago, even before the beginning of World War I! Such early years as 1909-1915, the years that these pictures were taken, are deeply engraved in our imagination as the world of black and white. Therefore these rare images by trained photographer and chemist Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) strike us with awe.
Photographer, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, was one of the nation’s leading photographers at the beginning of the twentieth century. He was commissioned to capture a photographic record of Russia after the monarch saw his colour portrait of Leo Tolstoy.
