Russia in color, a century ago (amazing photos from 1910)

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

wow.
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With images from southern and central Russia in the news lately due to extensive wildfires, I thought it would be interesting to look back in time with this extraordinary collection of color photographs taken between 1909 and 1912. In those years, photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook a photographic survey of the Russian Empire with the support of Tsar Nicholas II.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. these are fantastic!! thanks for the link.

gorgeous :)

[Flaxbee]

2. gorgeous. I've been to Russia and Kazakhstan but only the big

cities - I love seeing photos of countryside.

[astonamous]

3. Wow, WOw and WOW! Thank you for sharing! eom

[snagglepuss]

4. My paternal grandmother immigrated from the Ukraine in 1910 so these photos

have a real fascination for me so thanks so much for posting. Unbelievable photos and so true that it is hard to believe they were taken 100 years ago.

K & R