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Pre-revolutionary Russia through the lens of "the father of Russian photo reportage" Karl Bull
Pre-revolutionary Russia through the lens of "the father of Russian photo reportage" Karl Bull

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Karl Bulla was born into a merchant family in Prussia, and when he was 12 years old, the family moved to St. Petersburg, and he started working as a messenger in a photography store. Since this all started. The photograph fascinated Karl and he, a capable boy, was soon transferred to laboratory assistants. In 1875 Bulla opened his first photo studio and soon won fame as an excellent portrait painter. Karl Bulla and his sons left a huge photographic legacy to their descendants. Today in St. Petersburg there are more than 200 thousand glass negatives, which were made by them.

1. On maneuvers in Krasnoe Selo

Emperor Nicholas II and Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich in 1902
Emperor Nicholas II and Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich in 1902

2. Life Guards Izmailovsky Regiment

Emperor Nicholas II conducts a review of the Izmailovsky Life Guards Regiment
Emperor Nicholas II conducts a review of the Izmailovsky Life Guards Regiment

3. Horseback riding

Horseback riding in the Summer Garden
Horseback riding in the Summer Garden

4. The Bronze Horseman

The famous monument to Peter I on Senate Square in St. Petersburg
The famous monument to Peter I on Senate Square in St. Petersburg

5. Sadovaya street

One of the central streets of St. Petersburg, which runs through the historic center
One of the central streets of St. Petersburg, which runs through the historic center

6. Transportation of the wounded

Transportation of the wounded to the Nikolaev military hospital
Transportation of the wounded to the Nikolaev military hospital

7. Horse tram

Crowds of people in the city center. Russia, 1900
Crowds of people in the city center. Russia, 1900

8. Javelin throw

Committee of the Petersburg circle of sports fans
Committee of the Petersburg circle of sports fans

9. Running with hurdles

Track and field disciplines where athletes compete in sprint running
Track and field disciplines where athletes compete in sprint running

10. Morning exercises

Children in gymnastics classes. Russia, 1900
Children in gymnastics classes. Russia, 1900

There is one more collection of great interest today - Arkhangelsk province and its inhabitants in 1910 in the photo of the Swedish ethnographer.

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