russian empire

I.K. Inha, Helsinki d2005_132_700

Vendors at Kolera-allas by Kauppatori market square. / Myyjiä Kolera-altaalla Kauppatorin rannassa..I.K. Inha.1908.Helsinki.Glass negative / lasinegatiivi.Accession Number / diaarinumero: d_2005_132_700.The Fin... More

War Mask, copper alloy - Public domain photo of museum object

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Rossīi︠a︡--XVIĭ i XVIIĭ vi︠e︡k : sti︠e︡nnai︠a︡ karta dli︠a︡ klassnago ...

Wall map of history of territorial expansion of the Russian Empire (European portion) in the 16th and 17th centuries. Relief shown by hachures. Also covers Baltic States, Poland-Lithuania, and Moldavia. Title f... More

Cartografie in Nederland, kaart van Rusland

Public domain image related to Dutch colonies, East-Indies, Dutch East India Company, Asia, age of discovery, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Katharina II., Kaiserin von Russland

Public domain photo of portrait art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Peter the Great, tsar of Russia

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Stenko Radzin wordt met zijn broer Troika op een kar Moskou binnengebr...

Public domain image of Moscow, Russia, 19th-century city architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Napoleon I. Bonaparte, Kaiser der Franzosen

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Catafalque of the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia (Side Elevatio...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Napoleon I. Bonaparte, Kaiser der Franzosen

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Suitsetav ainu mees / An Ainu man smoking

Ainud on rahvas Jaapanis Hokkaido saarel ning Venemaal Sahhalini saarel, kes elasid lihtsalt ning tegelesid põhiliselt kalandusega. Jaapanlaste hoiatustest hoolimata otsustas Krusenstern Hokkaido saare juures m... More

map from "Notes of a Half-pay in search of health; or, Russia, Circass...

This image has been taken from scan 000284 from "Notes of a Half-pay in search of health; or, Russia, Circassia, and the Crimea, in 1839, 40". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ... More

Jean Demosthene Dugourc - Design for a chandelier

Dugurc designed this chandelier for Grand Duke Paul of Russia, later Tsar Paul i. The blue parts were intended to be executed in Sèvres porcelain, the yellow ones in gilt bronze, and the drops were to be of roc... More

Catherine the Great from "[The Prophet of the Caucasus: an historical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000520 from "[The Prophet of the Caucasus: an historical romance of Krim-Tatary.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users ... More

St. Petersburg-Nicolaasbrug - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication ima...

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

K.W. Hagelin till häst.Bilden ingår i två stora fotoalbum efter direkt...

K.W. Hagelin till häst.Bilden ingår i två stora fotoalbum efter direktör Karl Wilhelm Hagelin som arbetade länge vid Nobels oljeanläggningar i Baku.

"Margareta som bäst, Långängen".Bilden ingår i två stora fotoalbum eft...

"Margareta som bäst, Långängen".Bilden ingår i två stora fotoalbum efter direktör Karl Wilhelm Hagelin som arbetade länge vid Nobels oljeanläggningar i Baku.

Porträtt av Nobelpristagare Svante Arrhenius.

Porträtt av Nobelpristagare Svante Arrhenius. Public domain historical portrait photograph, Scandinavian, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An Icelandic bog - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows three men on horses or burros in a bog in Iceland. One man stands on two tussocks of grass above his horse. Taylor visited Iceland in 1862, perhaps en route to Russia. Gift; Charles F. Heartman; 1... More

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 64.

Shelekovoe [sic] proizvodstvo. Prigotovlenie berd (tikh bendi)

Photograph shows a man preparing silk reed. "Tikh bendi" translated as the Persian expression: fastening reed. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 7.

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Medresse [sic] Ulug-Bek. Vkhod v sobornuiu m...

Antiquities of Samarkand. Creator: Bogaevskīĭ, N. V., photographer The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a... More

Ruiterstandbeeld van Peter de Grote in Sint Petersburg

Onderdeel van Reisalbum Europese steden, vermoedelijk Zweeds. Public domain image of 19th-century Saint Petersburg, Russia, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elenos Parčevskienės (1877–1941) portretas

Nespalvota, horizontalaus formato, portretinė nuotrauka. Elenos Parčevskienės portretas anfas su skrybėlaite. Nuotrauka lygiais kraštais, priklijuota prie pilkos spalvos kartono baltais kraštais. Reversas pilkš... More

[Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia]

Photograph shows exterior of cathedral. Library of Congress copy mounted on cardboard. Purchase; William E. Curtis; Washington, D.C.; 1905; 42456.

Map of central Asia on the basis of the surveys made by British and Ru...

Relief shown by hachures. From Science, May 1, 1885. "Reproduced from map issued by the Great trigonometric survey of India." Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Map of the Russian Empire showing the regions of the precious metals.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

[The Late Royal Castle, Warsaw, Russia (i.e. Warsaw, Poland)]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[From the boulevard, Jalta, (i.e., Yalta), the Crimea, Russia, (i.e., ...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "8876". Forms part of: Views of architecture and other sites primarily in Poland,... More

Group of sailors, Russian navy - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows sailors on the Russian cruiser Rynda, during the Columbian Naval Review, 1893. (Source: Charley Seavey, 2013)

Nokia from "Finland in the Nineteenth Century: by Finnish authors. Ill...

This image has been taken from scan 000201 from "Finland in the Nineteenth Century: by Finnish authors. Illustrated by Finnish artists. (Editor, L. Mechelin.)". The title and subject terms of this image have be... More

architecture from "Miasto Lwów w okresie samorządu 1870-1895"

This image has been taken from scan 000697 from "Miasto Lwów w okresie samorządu 1870-1895". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library's ... More

2 autumn leaves and 2 samaras - Public domain botanical illustration

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Straatgezicht in Moskou - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication image

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Tsarenklok op het Kremlin - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication image

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Putting his foot down / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows Uncle Sam holding a "Trade Treaty with China", standing on a "Map of China" in the midst of foreign rulers labeled "Germany, Italy, England, Austria, Russia [and] France"; depicted are William II, U... More

The greatest department store on earth; - and every day a bargain day ...

Print shows Uncle Sam standing behind the counter at "Uncle Sam's Department Store" where there is a "Great Sale Now Going On Inside"; the store is filled with representatives of "Germany, England, France, Russ... More

Helsinki Zoo - A polar bear in a cage at a zoo

Högholmens djurpark. .Foto: Gustaf Sandberg.sls1849_575..Ur boken Helsingfors i ord och bild..Utgiven av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 2012..www.sls.fi ( http://www.sls.fi )

Locomotive on the Market Square, Helsinki

Ånglokomotiv vid Salutorget. .Foto Gustaf Sandberg.sls1849_204..Ur boken Helsingfors i ord och bild..Utgiven av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 2012..www.sls.fi ( http://www.sls.fi )

Czar of Russia with King George

A black and white photo of two men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chaliapin - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Czarina of Russia - Public domain portrait print

A black and white photo of a woman in a wedding dress. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alfred Nobel, Baku - DIG21202, Tekniska museet, Sweden

Staden Ananur längs Geusinska härvägen, Kaukasus. Bilden ingår i två stora fotoalbum efter direktör Karl Wilhelm Hagelin som arbetade länge vid Nobels oljeanläggningar i Baku.

Chaliapin - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tchaikowsky, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

The latest Chinese wall / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows the Russian bear wearing a military uniform and with sword drawn, standing on one side of a ditch; facing the bear on the other side of the ditch are various rulers, including "Japan," "Germa... More

W. & A. K. Johnston's map to illustrate the Chinese question

Insets: Port Hamilton -- Wei-Hai-Wei Habour -- Port Arthur, Kin-Chow & Ta-Lein-Wan Bay -- World on Mercator's projection -- Kiao-Chwo Harbour -- Environs of Pekin, Port Arthur, Wei-Jai Wei and Kiao-Chow. Text a... More

The Russians retreat north to land of snow and ice where Japanese cann...

Print shows a bear as a Russian soldier frozen in a block of ice which several Japanese soldiers are trying to break apart.

Vernieling van de spoorweg in Mantsjoerije tijdens de Russisch-Japanse...

Japanse soldaten vernielen het spoor met pikhouwelen waardoor een trein met Russische soldaten vastloopt. In werkelijkheid waren de spoorwegen in Mantsjoerije niet goed ontwikkeld tijdens de Russisch-Japanse Oo... More

Flashlight - Jap soldiers at Chemulpo, after naval battle, standing ar...

H43598 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Mar. 22, 1904. Stamped on verso: R.L. Dunn.

Selenīe Saatly. Muganʹskai︠a︡ stepʹ

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Prokudin Gorskii: Tipy Dagestana. Color separation negative

Dagestani couple posed outdoors for a portrait. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Japanese soldiers on a beach in Manchuria]

H68990 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, Nov., 1905. Public domain photograph - Military parade in Russia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City hall building at Dalny, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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I.K. Inha, Helsinki d2005_132_706

Norrmén building on Katajanokka. / Norrménin talo Katajanokalla..I.K. Inha.1908.Helsinki.Glass negative / lasinegatiivi.Accession Number / diaarinumero: d_2005_132_706.The Finnish Museum of Photography / Suomen... More

I.K. Inha, Helsinki d2005_132_761

University Building on Unioninkatu. / Yliopistorakennus Unioninkadulla..I.K. Inha.1908.Helsinki.Glass negative / lasinegatiivi.Accession Number / diaarinumero: d_2005_132_761.The Finnish Museum of Photography /... More

Cover page, Boris Godounov, Paris, 1908

Public domain scan of Russian book, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maxim Gorky - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of a man with a mustache. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rysʹ. Iz kollekt︠s︡īi N.P. Alina v Cherdyni

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King [of] Bulgaria entering Moustapha Pacha

Photo shows Ferdinand I, Czar of Bulgaria, in a procession with religious and miliatary figures in Mustapha Pasha, later known as Svilengrad, Bulgaria; probably taken during the First Balkan War. (Source: Flick... More

Kovno. Pami︠a︡tnik 1812 goda. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mad dog? / Keppler. - Public domain portrait drawing

Illustration shows a dog wearing a sombrero labeled "Mexican Revolution" jumping and barking, stirring up a cloud of dust; Uncle Sam approaches from the left drawing a gun from its holster labeled "Intervention... More

Abbildungen vom Leben an der Front bzw. im Hinterland, russischer Krie...

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Leichenfeld westlich von Kotovice

Im Hintergrund Stacheldrahtverhaue; Russland, heute Polen. Fotograf: Wolbrom, 1. Operationsarmeekommando. Public domain photograph - Austro-Hungarian army during World War One, free to use, no copyright restri... More

Scheinwerfer im Schützengraben bei Chatki

Galizien. Fotograf: Korps Hofmann. Public domain photograph of excavation, bulldozer, land management, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flüchtlinge in Gnilowody (= heute Hvardiyske)

Galizien. Fotograf: Korps Hofmann. Public domain photograph of 19th-century fashion design, dress catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Standpunk auf der Felsenhöhe Dlurec.Schlachtfeld bei Dlurec. österr.Sc...

Public domain photograph - Austro-Hungarian army during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mark Schidlossky, seaman, arrested for robbery

Name: Mark Schidlossky.Arrested for: not given.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 3 October 1914.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-256-Mark Schidlossky..For an image of his accomplice, Th... More

Duma in session, George Grantham Bain Collection

George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 4157-6. Photographic print of painting(?)

German troops en route to Russia

Photograph shows German soldiers seated on top of a railroad locomotive going to Russia, during World War I. (Source: Flicker Commons project, 2011)

Russische Bauernhochzeit in Wladimir Wolinsky

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Austro-Hungarian troops in Ukraine, Austrian army in the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Rasputin surrounded by his admirers in St. Petersburg, 1914.

Rasputin ihailijoidensa keskellä keskellä Pietarissa 1914. Seisomassa vasemmalta Aleksandra ja Alexander Pistolekors, Leonid Moltsanov, Sofia Volynskaja, Anna Vyrubova, Ervil Gil, Aleksandra Gustsina (suruasuss... More

Russische Parlamentäre lesen Zeitungen

Vermutlich in der Umgebung von Wladimir Wolinsky, Russland, Wolhynien; Fotograf: Kriegsvermessung 4

Flüchtlinge aus Galizien und Bukowina – Kundmachung – Oberhollabrunn –...

Nachforschung und Vermisstenanzeigen zur Wiedervereinigung und Auffindung vermisster Familienmitglieder –Der k. k. Bezirkshauptmann: Held – am 8. Jänner 1915 – Z.: 2838/22/A. ex. 1914

Rysk propagandabild från första världskriget.

Russian propaganda print from the First World War. Public domain photograph related to Swedish military, army, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

See bei Brzezany, im Hintergrund Cchatki

Public domain photograph - Austro-Hungarian army during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blick auf das Gelände Brzezany Lesniki

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Sonntag vor der Kirche in Wladimir Wolinsky

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Abdildung technischer Einrichtungen am russischen Kriegsschauplatz

Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

K3. Bilder från Galizien, Polen.

K3. Bilder från Galizien, Polen. Public domain photograph of pre-war Polish cavalry, Second Polish Republic military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gasalarm im Infantrie-Schützengraben (38. H. I. D.)

Rohatyn, Galizien; Fotograf: Deutsche Südarmee Public domain photograph - Austro-Hungarian army during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wolhynische Bauern - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek public domain ...

Vermutlich Umgebung von Gubin, Russland, Wolhynien; Fotograf: Kriegsvermessung 4 Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wasserweihefest für Griechisch-Katholische in Wladimir Wolinsky

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Austro-Hungarian troops in Ukraine, Austrian army in the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Burial of the victims of the revolution, March 23, 1917 - fraternal gr...

Photograph shows large open mass grave lined with coffins. Includes Russian caption. No. 26.

Nijinski baby - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Kyra Nijinsky, daughter of Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950) and his wife Romola de Pulszky (1891-1978). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Полевая кухня Гроховского полка

Repository/Location: Rybinsk State History, Architecture and Art Museum-reserve Rybinsk

Ryska krigsfångar på väg till Murmankusten.

Ryska krigsfångar på väg till Murmankusten. Public domain photograph related to Russian military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fotoalbum Visser: Derde Karakorumexpeditie, 1929

Albumblad met vier foto's. Linksboven: kamp 25 op de Siachen-gletsjer; linksonder: de Siachen-gletsjer; rechtsboven: een overschuivende gletsjer op de Siachen-gletsjer; rechstonder: het Te Rong-dal gezien vanaf... More

Yard-well saint petersburg sky building.

A stone archway with a bell tower in the background. Ukraine crimean c...

Pol'sha Ia. Gastal'di 1567g. Etr.14 - Public domain map

Public domain document scan of Eastern Europe map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mandzhurskie narody: Tunguskoi Shaman pri reke Arguny szadi.

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Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Vpadenīe r. Araksa v r. Kuru u Petropavlovska...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in the Caucasus and Black Sea area, Russian Empire,... More

Gruppa kresti︠a︡n za stolom, Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡ - Frank G. Carpe...

Staged genre view includes man with balalaika, samovar on table, boy pouring drink, and others sitting at an outdoor table. In album: Views along the Mariinskii Canal and river system, Russian Empire, LOT 10332... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Scranton Suburbs, Lackawanna County, P...

Jul 1893. 5 Sheet(s). Includes Archbald, Dalton, Moosic, Moscow, Peckville, Taylorville, Waverly.

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Muganʹ. T︠S︡erkovʹ v poselki︠e︡ Petropavlovsk...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in the Caucasus and Black Sea area, Russian Empire,... More

Russko-I︠A︡ponskai︠a︡ voĭna, 1904-1905 g

Each plate has captions and legend: S.M. Prokudin-Gorskīĭ S[ankt] P[eter]B[urg]. Date of publication surmised from latest caption date, Oct. 1905, plate 285. Individual portraits of Russian officers, plates 289... More

Gold-Covered Game table, bronze, Europe, David Roentgen

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Emperor of Russia Nikolay II - Public domain portrait print

Император России Николай II Public domain photograph of 19th-century fashion design, dress catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia - Emperor of Russia Nikolay II

Император России Николай II Public domain photograph related to the history of Russia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description