100 Years Old Historical Photos Of Russia

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The photographs you are about to see are the work of Sergey Prokudin-Gorskii (1863–1944), who was funded by Czar Nicholas II to travel the span of the empire, photographing it in full color. While some of the photographs have not been attributed a specific date, they were all captured between 1905 and 1915. We would like to invite you to scroll down this page to see just how different Russia was over a century ago:

1. The Emir of Bukhara, Alim Khan (1911)



2. A Rabbi with some students (1911)



3. A countryside fire brigade (1909)



4. Prisoners incarcerated in a zindan



5. Women working with hay at Leushinskii Monastery (1909)



6. Evgenievsky Spring in Borzhom



7. A group of children sitting on a hill (1909)



8. A Bashkir switch operator (1910)



9. A melon vendor with his stock (1911)



10. The construction of a dam (1912)



11. A group of workers



12. A Surt woman



13. A yarn spinner from the village of Izvedovo



14. A group of settlers in Grafovka



15. The view from Belgorod bell tower (1911)