At first glance, this looks like a picture of dogs relaxing in the autumn sun, but little do many viewers realize, they are resting less than 15 feet from a building that stores dynamite and other explosives. Although it doesn’t seem to be bothering the dogs. Maybe the dogs are supposed to be guarding the… Continue reading Who let the dogs out? →
Tag: Industrialization
Zlatoust: Metallurgy Center
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Located close to the Ural Mountains, the town of Zlatoust was one of the stops photographer, Prokudin-Gorskii, made during his trips around Russia in 1909. This picture depicts Zlatoust, a fairly small town that became an industrial center during the
Russia Chugs Toward Modernity
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Despite being a major military power, the Russian Empire lagged behind Western Europe economically for much of the 19th Century. Though many factors contributed to its poor growth, including regressive business laws and the continuing presence of serfdom, one major problem was a severe lack of transportation infrastructure. Prior to 1855, there was only one railway … Continue reading “Russia Chugs Toward Modernity”
The Zlatoust Plant: An Example of Russian Industrialization
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In 1909 Russian photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii began his six year trip across Russia taking many photos of the villages and vast countryside within the Russian Empire. One of the villages he visited was Zlatoust, home to one of Russia’s most productive metal plants. Seen next to the plant along the river is a prominently …
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Linking Lives
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Construction along the Kama-Tobol Waterway in 1912. More specifically, this photo was taken downriver in Lalutorovsky (present-day Tyumen Oblast) by prominent Russian photographer, Prokudin-Gorskii, who specialized in a color photography process to accurately depict Russia in the early 20th Century…. Continue Reading →
Town of Zlatoust
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Pictured above is the rail station in the town of Zlatoust from the early 1900s. It is in present day Russia, in the Ural Mountains region. This picture shows the growth of industrialization during the late 1800s and early 1900s in even the more rural parts of Russia. The picture was found at: https://www.wdl.org/en/item/5281/#q=Prokudin-Gorskii 
Kasli: The “Iron” Religious Kingdom?
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“The Kasli Iron Works plant, founded in 1747 and known for its high quality of cast iron products, had a work force of more than 3,000 people” (Business Insider). According to the World Digital Library: Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii ventured on several trips around the Ural Mountains, visiting Kasli in 1910. Kasli is home to one … Continue reading Kasli: The “Iron” Religious Kingdom?
