Russian Empire in color. Places of Russia

When it comes to pre -revolutionary Russia, we invariably represent it in black and white colors, since the main part of the photo - and the newsreels of that time were deprived of color renders. - To capture “in natural colors” all the beauty and wealth of a great country called the Russian Empire.
Its richest heritage is the world"s first collection of color photographs of Russia at the beginning of the 20th century, which is a unique object of the cultural heritage of all mankind. The creator of this invaluable treasury is a Russian inventor, photographer, publisher, public figure and teacher Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky.
The book presents both well-known and rather rare pictures of the photographer, which he traveled in Central Russia, Mariinsky Water Water The paths, Central Asia, the Urals and Siberia, the Caucasus, as well as in places of combat glory of 1812