Russian empire. Collection of color photographs of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Sergey Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorursky (1863–1944)-inventor, photographer, publisher and public figure,
the discoverer of color photography in Russia. The purpose of the work of Sergei Mikhailovich is to capture “in natural
paints” all the beauty and wealth of the Russian Empire, using the technology of combination of personnel.
from 1903 to 1916. Prokudin-Gorsky managed to take about three and a half thousand color pictures, which made it
unique heritage “A collection of attractions of the Russian Empire”, which is stored in the library
US Congress. Encyclopedia on the history of the Russian Empire. Many monuments
of the past, captured by the photographer, we can only see in these pictures. There is no longer that everyday life, but
The main thing, those people-witnesses and participants in the events that occurred in the Russian Empire at the beginning of the 20th century.
The book presents both well-known and rather rare pictures of the photographer, which Prokudin-Gorsky are presented He did
traveling through Central Russia, the Mariinsky Water Way, Central Asia, the Urals, Siberia and the Caucasus