During World War I, Russian Prisoners of War, or POWs, were far from unheard of. In fact, “between the outbreak of the first World War and December 1917, Russia took
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The Emir of Bukhara
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The Emir of Bukhara, Alim Khan who ruled from late 1910 until 1920 when he was forced to flee into Afghanistan to escape the Red Army. Here he is pictured in 1911 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii who used a special process using several different color filters and sandwiching them together to create color images. The Emir …
Guardians of the Russian Empire
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Background & Photographer According to the World Digital Library (WDL), this image was taken by Russian photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii in the fall of 1909. The original caption did not disclose the exact location, but it is suggested that the photo was taken north of Ekaterinburg while Prokudin-Gorskii visited certain mining territories. In the early […]
Foreshadowing for a Different Future
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In September 1909 the famous Russian photographer, Prokudin-Gorskii, visited the town of Zlatoust. During his visit, Prokudin-Gorskii took the picture featured above. The image is titled, ” Weapons Cabinet in the Arsenal Museum of the Zlatoust Plant” by The World Digital Library. Zlatoust is located in the Ai River valley to the west of Chelyabinsk. It … Continue reading Foreshadowing for a Different Future
Steam Engine “Kompaund” (1st blog)
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https://www.wdl.org/en/item/5202/#q=Prokudin-Gorskii&page=3 This is a photo of a Kompaund (compound) steam locomotive of the Ab type. This locomotive was created in the Briansk locomotive factory in 1909, this can be found by the number 132 on the front of the train. These were among the most powerful produced in Russia in the early 20th century. This … Continue reading Steam Engine “Kompaund” (1st blog)
Study of Three Generations
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This image is particularly interesting especially when you consider the state of the Russian Empire at the time this photograph was taken which was in the year 1910. The photograph was taken in an industrial town in Russia known as Zlatoust. The image shows us a grandfather, his son, and his granddaughter. The differences in … Continue reading Study of Three Generations
Three Generations in Zlatoust
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This photo by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, taken in Zlatoust, shows Andrei Petrovich Kalganov along with his son and granddaughter. Andrei Kalganov, age 72, is dressed in a caftan adorned with medals. Noticeably, Kalganov’s caftan contrasts with the attire of his son and granddaughter, both of whom are dressed in Western fashion. This aspect of the photo … Continue reading Three Generations in Zlatoust
Tea Time with the Russians
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For many of us, tea is so commonplace that we don’t often think of its impact and origins beyond the fact that most tea comes from China. However, this tiny leaf has quite the story and impact on the Russian cultural landscape. Tea leaves first made their way to Russia by way of Northern China […]
The Weapons Cabinet
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Founded in 1754, Zlatoust became “a center of finished metal production, including armaments.” Metal work was so important in the town that in 1825 Pavel Petrovich Anosov built a weaponry museum dedicated to the armaments made in Zlatoust. Anosov was also the director of the “thriving” factory in Zlatoust from 1831 to 1847. Years later in […]
Zlatoust Factories
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This picture interested me because of the juxtaposition of the church and the factory next to it. To me, it symbolized the move from a non-secular state to a more secular state. As George Freeze mentioned, the late 1800’s was … Continue reading →
