Russia's True Colors

[Full-length profile portrait of a woman, possibly Turkman or Kirgiz, ...

Borodinskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ. (Na kupoli︠e︡ proboina). Borodino

Volynskai︠a︡ podpruda na kanali︠e︡ Imperatora Nikolai︠a︡ I. Vdali vide...

Aĭva v t︠s︡vi︠e︡tu. [Artvini︠e︡]

Dvoret︠s︡ v zagorodnom sadu Ėmira Shir-Budun. Bukhara

Bi︠e︡lyĭ karlikovyĭ kalʹvilʹ*

Gruppa rabochikh na sbori︠e︡ chai︠a︡. Grechanki. [Chakva]

Bliz mi︠e︡stechka I︠U︡stili︠a︡ na Saimenskom [i.e. Saĭmenskom] kanali︠...

Dagestan. Mi︠e︡sto pli︠e︡nenīi︠a︡ Shamili︠a︡

[Interior showing exposed brick and column with murals]

Prokudin Gorskii: Pīony. Color separation negative

[Sign on wall, adjacent to religious mural]

Tilli︠a︡-Kari s ploshchadi Registana. Samarkand

Dagestan. Aul Shamili︠a︡

Konnogvardeĭskīĭ most na kanali︠e︡ Imperatora Nikolai︠a︡ I. Golodnai︠a...

Na Registani︠e︡. Samarkand

Men posed on steps of mosque(?).

[Man using tool to strip logs, Central Asia?]

[Adobe buildings along a vegetated stream]

Aryk Pashazada, dai︠u︡shchīĭ vodu v imi︠e︡nīe Velikago Kni︠a︡zi︠a︡ Nik...

Lugano. Cityscape photograph

[Portrait of a religious man holding a staff]

[Orchard and buildings on a hillside]

Orto-Batum. Po puti k vodoprīemniku

[Turkmen man posing with camel loaded with sacks, probably of grain or...

Vpadenīe r. Dagomysa v more i Sochinskīĭ mys

Prokudin Gorskii: Azalīi. Color separation negative

Prokudin Gorskii: V Italīi. Color separation negative

Woman in formal dress, posed, standing near gate.

Detalʹ sti︠e︡ny Uluk-Bek (vnutri). Samarkand

Prokudin Gorskii: Tipy Dagestana. Color separation negative

Man and woman posed outdoors.

[Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton thread, p...

Katolicheskīĭ monastyrʹ [Itali︠a︡]

Stekli︠a︡nnyĭ zavod v Borzhomi︠e︡

Prokudin Gorskii: Tipy Dagestana. Color separation negative

Group of women posed outdoors.

Tip doma poselent︠s︡a v Petropavlovskom. Vdali mechetʹ. [Muganʹskai︠a︡...

S li︠e︡voĭ naruzhnoĭ storony u prokhoda mertvykh. Samarkand

Obshchīĭ vid Likanskago dvort︠s︡a ot r. Kury

Obshchīĭ vid r. Kury s poselkom Petropavlovskoe. [Muganʹskai︠a︡ stepʹ]

Muganʹ. Dvor poselent︠s︡a. Pechi dli︠a︡ prigotovlenīi︠a︡ pishchi vo dv...

Kochui︠u︡shchīe kirgizy. Golodnai︠a︡ stepʹ

Family of three, kneeling in a field.

V imi︠e︡nīi. Danīi︠a︡

Victoria regia. Pervyĭ raz v Evropi︠e︡ vyvedena na vozdukhi︠e︡. Posazh...

[Woman in traditional dress and jewelry standing on rug in front of yu...

Vkhod v mechetʹ Namazga. Samarkand

Ėti︠u︡d u m. Shakh-Zinde. Samarkand

Mazar na gori︠e︡ u Shakh-Zinde. Samarkand

Man seated in grasses next to an ornate mausoleum.

Prokudin Gorskii: [Roses]. Color separation negative

Obshchīĭ vid Timotis-Ubanskago monastyri︠a︡ XIV v.

Novyĭ Aḟon [monastyrʹ]. Vid s i︠u︡ga

Kavkaz. Gruzin - torgovet︠s︡ pomidorami

A man holding a basket of tomatoes.

I︠U︡kka v t︠s︡vi︠e︡tu. Novyĭ Aḟon [monastyrʹ]

Torgovet︠s︡ dyni︠a︡mi. Samarkand

Gruppa evreĭskikh malʹchikov s uchitelem. Samarkand

[Locomotive and coal car at a railroad yard]

Vʺi︠e︡zd vo dvoret︠s︡ Ėmira v Staroĭ Bukhari︠e︡

Muganʹ. Pos. Petropavlovskoe. Ulit︠s︡a (77 dvorov)

Sklad vod. Borzhom

V gorakh Dagestana

Chaĭnai︠a︡ fabrika v Chakvi︠e︡. Master kitaet︠s︡ Lau-Dzhenʹ-Dzhau

Prokudin Gorskii: [Trees]. Color separation negative

[Turkmenia. Poselok Farab. Zh/d stantsiia]

Photo shows station on the Chardzhou-Bukhara railroad. Signs on the station building read "FARAB." Farab, a settlement of the urban type, is the center of the Farab region of Chardzhou Province, Turkmenistan, o... More

Torgovet︠s︡ materīi︠a︡mi. Samarkand

Merchant's display includes silk, cotton, and wool fabrics as well as a few carpets. A framed page of the Koran hangs at the top of the stall.

Kust bereskleta s plodami (Luchshīe sapozhnye gvozdi)

Prokudin Gorskii: Kurmy. Color separation negative

[Brick stairs leading to tree-lined stream]

Sbor khlopka v Begavati︠e︡. Golodnai︠a︡ stepʹ

[Railroad tracks and cars in front of a factory(?)]

Vremennai︠a︡ gostinit︠s︡a. Gagry

Vnutri razvalin Timotis-Ubanskago monast.

Triglolastochka ili morskoĭ pi︠e︡tukh. Batum

Vo dvori︠e︡ sartskago doma. V okrestnosti︠a︡kh Samarkanda

Prokudin Gorskii: Ėti︠u︡d di︠e︡vushki. Color separation negative

Aist (Ėti︠u︡d v Bukhari︠e︡)

A stork in its nest, atop a building.

Allei︠a︡ Hamerops (15 li︠e︡t). Chakva

Muganʹ. T︠S︡erkovʹ v poselki︠e︡ Petropavlovskoe

Aul Nizhnīĭ Gunib v Dagestani︠e︡

Prokudin Gorskii: Sarti︠a︡nka. Samarkand. Color separation negative

Woman in purdah, standing near wooden door.

Torgovt︠s︡y materīi︠a︡mi na Registani︠e︡. Samarkand

Prokudin Gorskii: Kavkaz. Luna. Color separation negative

Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ pasi︠e︡ka bliz Gagr

Kamysh dli︠a︡ t︠s︡inovok v svi︠a︡zkakh. Samarkand

[Locomotive and coal car at a railroad yard]

Gruppa ėvkaliptov i plantat︠s︡īi︠a︡ Olea Fragrans. [Chakva]

Prokudin Gorskii: [Metal ornament]. Color separation negative

Dzhugara (okolo Samarkanda)

Prokudin Gorskii: Na Urali︠e︡. Color separation negative

[Man standing beside railroad tracks]

Razvaliny Genuėzskago khrama IV v. v imi︠e︡nīi grafa Sheremetʹeva

Prokudin Gorskii: Tipy Dagestana. Color separation negative

Man and woman posed outdoors.

Detalʹ vorot s vnutrenneĭ li︠e︡voĭ storony. Gur-Ėmir. Samarkand

Dagestan. V auli︠e︡ Shamili︠a︡. Arka v pami︠a︡tʹ pli︠e︡nenīi︠a︡ Shamil...

Dolina r. Sochi

Prokudin Gorskii: Sarti︠a︡nka. Samarkand. Color separation negative

Woman in purdah, standing near wooden door.

[Adobe buildings and yurts, field in foreground, trees in background]

V gorakh Dagestana

T︠S︡erkovʹ v Koldakhvarakh v 8 v. ot Gagr

Masli︠a︡noe derevo. Chakva

Torgovet︠s︡ dyni︠a︡mi. Samarkand

Gagry. S pristani

Mazar na gori︠e︡ u Shakh-Zinde. Samarkand

Man seated in grasses next to an ornate mausoleum.

S chilimom. Samarkand

Man seated with water pipe, next to an ornate wall.