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100 year old photos of the Imperial Russian Empire

I feel like posting something nice and uncontroversial. Enjoy.

All these photos were taken by Sergey Prokudin Gorsky, a pioneering Russian photographer, between 1909 and 1915.

For more information, and over 100 more photographs you can visit: www.thespektator.co.uk/spg2.html

The Emir of Bukhara, and distant descendent of Ghengis Khan

Prison, Samarkand (present day Uzbekistan)

Russian settlers near the Caspian Sea

Russian girls, northern European Russia

Three generations of a Jewish merchant family, Urals

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Reply 1

Kiwiguy

teadrinker

I feel like posting something nice and uncontroversial. Enjoy.

You bastard! This is TSR!! :p:

But cool pics though.

Reply 2

Roobsa

I find it so bizarre to see colour photos from early 1900s. Some of those photos are incredible though.

I don't get how this post is controversial though.

Reply 3

UnWise

Looks incredible.

Lenin in colour anywhere? :gah:

Reply 4

teadrinker

Roobsa

I find it so bizarre to see colour photos from early 1900s. Some of those photos are incredible though.

I don't get how this post is controversial though.

No no! It's supposed to be UNcontroversial!

Although one picture depicts Jews...

Reply 5

Stressworthy

Wow, as if people dressed like that.

Reply 6

teadrinker

UnWise

Looks incredible.

Lenin in colour anywhere? :gah:

No! unfortunately not in this collection. The photographer was an aristocrat, so was probably wise to leg it during the revolution. He went to England, and later France, where he died in 1944.

Reply 7

Roobsa

teadrinker

No no! It's supposed to be UNcontroversial!

Although one picture depicts Jews...

My bad! Haven't woken up properly yet.

Reply 8

Sovay

Really nice thankyou!!

Reply 9

TheRealDaVinci

There well cool! I don't understand how they are so detailed and have colour though!?

Reply 10

C0ckandballs

Cool pics

Love the first guy: "I saw it in the window and I just HAD to have it!"

Reply 11

CharlieNoir

The first photo looks better quality than my camera.

Reply 12

Magic_007

Females showed modesty then.

Reply 13

- skyhigh -

Nice, but it doesn't look that old.

Reply 14

teadrinker

TheRealDaVinci

There well cool! I don't understand how they are so detailed and have colour though!?

He used a technique that involved taking three different monochrome images. When these images were combined they created a full colour impression. There's some info in the link if you're interested.

Reply 15

UnWise

Magic_007

Females showed modesty then.

Now they want half..

Reply 16

UnWise

teadrinker

No! unfortunately not in this collection. The photographer was an aristocrat, so was probably wise to leg it during the revolution. He went to England, and later France, where he died in 1944.