Pictures of Russia by Prokudin-Gorsky

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Woman in Purdah standing next to a wooden door - between 1909-1915

Woman spinning yarn in the village of Izvedod - 1910

Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord in the village of Pidma - 1909

Young woman in Malorossi (Ukraine) - between -1909-1915

Young women offer berries to visitors to their izbas - traditional wooden houses along the Sheksna River near Kirillov - 1909

 

[SafedSagar]

Very interesting and refreshing collection indeed. Beautiful photos. Interesting concept.

 

[Ash]

Lovely collection of pictures. I love the colours of the garbs and patterns on the tribal carpets of the Samarkands

 

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Here is the first batch of pictures by photographer Misha Maslennikov, who does something similar to what Prokudin-Gorsky has done earlier. The pictures were sourced from the article entitled “Russian Village Life in Black and White.”


Villager Interposelok, Olonets district, Karelia, Russia


Blessing of the Waters. Village of Pogost, Pudozh district, Karelia, Russia. August 2007 | Photo: Misha Maslennikov



Refilling transport. Settlement of Ugolnie Kopi, Chukotka, Russia. September 2007 | Photo: Misha Maslennikov


Chukchi entertainments. Settlement of Lorino, Chukotka, Russia. September 2007 | Photo: Misha Maslennikov


Children at the Liturgy. Village of Poteryaevka, Mamontovo district, Altai territory, Russia. July 2008 | Photo: Misha Maslennikov

 

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Here is the second and final batch of pictures by photographer Misha Maslennikov, who does something similar to what Prokudin-Gorsky has done earlier. The pictures were sourced from the article entitled “Russian Village Life in Black and White.”



The Dragonfly. Village of Poteryaevka, Mamontovo district, Altai territory, Russia. July 2008 | Photo: Misha Maslennikov




The archimandrite. Village of Belyaevo, Kiknur district, Kirov Region, Russia. June 2010 | Photo: Misha Maslennikov




Jump in a river creek. Near farm of Senshin, village of Oblivskaya district, Rostov-on-Don region, Russia. July 2010 | Photo: Misha Maslennikov




On a road fork. Farm of Senshin, village of Oblivskaya district, Rostov-on-Don region, Russia. October 2010 | Photo: Misha Maslennikov




Cossack Valerka. Standing in all growth in a saddle. Rostov region, Russia. October 2010 | Photo: Misha Maslennikov