Generally with Russia at the turn of the century, one would assume that it would be in the national interest to keep up with the industrial, economic, and political development of the rest of Europe. While factories and industrial development was rapidly expanding in the culturally central region of the Russian Empire, namely Moscow and … Continue reading Transformation of the Industrial Revolution in Russia
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A Strawberry a Day Keeps the Revolution Away?
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In my first blog post, I am going to analyze and comment on a photograph from the Library of Congress’ Prokudin-Gorskii collection. Before discussing my thoughts on the image below, I would first like to give a little bit of background on the photographer himself. Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii was born in 1863, and worked as … Continue reading A Strawberry a Day Keeps the Revolution Away?
