Color photos of Pre-Revolutionary Russia...incl. some Orthodox stuff

[Tonks]

This is pretty neat...there are 28 pictures.

Link to Newsweek slideshow

For example...the Saint Nil Stolbenskii Monastery, Lake Seliger, Russia

This photo was taken in 1910...

 

[ikonographics]

That is so cool!

 

[Blackknight]

Cool pics, I love stuff like that.

 

[Andrew21091]

Amazing! It's hard to believe that these were actually taken a hundred years ago. I am amazed by all of them. I really like the photo Saint Nil Stolbenskii Monastery, the Church of the Resurrection, and the photo of the Emir of Bukhara is really neat also. All his photos are very beautiful. More of his work can be found here: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/

One photo that I've found that I think is really special is this one; a pre-revolution color photo of Solovki! This is amazing, taken only years before this holy place was turned into one of the most horrible concentration camps in the Soviet Union:

 

[Julina]

that's fascinating! thank you for sharing

 

[choirfiend]

The past doesn't feel so distant when you see it in color...I wish there was a way to colorize all old photos!

 

[Irrkunst]

I saw something similar a few months ago. It is amazing to see these pictures in color.

 

[ArmyMatt]

awesome! thanks for sharing!