Russia before 1917: retro photographs about the life and traditions of the Siberian peasantry

Historical photographs that vividly tell about the life and life of ordinary Russian people in the 19th century

Old photographs are a real time machine that can take you 100 years or even more back. It is thanks to old photographs that you understand what life was like for people in the distant past. And if you carefully consider the details, then such photographs can tell no less than history textbooks

Food, vases, and other little things in life: still life photographs by Johny Miller

We probably would never have noticed the beauty of every object around us - from a cup of strong, because of a tea bag forgotten there half an hour ago, to a vase with flowers that have long withered due to the complete lack of attention to them, if not for the artists and photographers involved in still life photography, or still lifes. Johnny Miller is one of the greatest figures in this subtype of photography

30 retro photographs from the time of tsarist Russia about alcoholic beverages in the life of a Russian person

The chronicle narrative about the "test of faith" by Vladimir Krasno Solnyshko, whose name is associated with the baptism of Rus, says that embassies from different nations came to him and called to convert to their faith. But the prince chose Orthodoxy, and the fact that this religion did not forbid alcohol played an important role. 30 old photographs of our review allow you to get an idea of the place of alcohol in the life of a Russian person

Life before the Taliban: 30 photographs of Afghanistan and its inhabitants, 1960s - 1970s

In 1969, Afghanistan was not at all what it is today. There was no room for terrorists in it, and travelers from Europe felt completely safe in this country. It was at that time that François Pommery, a French journalist who traveled around this country and got to one of the remote areas of Nuristan by hitchhiking, visited Afghanistan

Retro ethnographic photographs about the life and life of foreigners at the beginning of the 20th century (part 2)

Foreigners in the Russian Empire were a special category of subjects and differed from the rest of the population of the empire both in methods of government and in rights. In everyday life, this term was applied to all Russian subjects of non-Slavic origin, and at the legislative level, only to ethnic groups strictly defined in the law (by the way, Tatars, Mordovians, Estonians were not counted among foreigners). In this review, old photos about the life and life of foreigners in Russia