Table of contents:
- 1. Peasant house
- 2. Panorama of Yalta
- 3. Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
- 4. Southern Bug
- 5. Potemkin Stairs
- 6. Outskirts of Kiev
- 7. Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater
- 8. Sevastopol
- 9. Alhambra
- 10. Jewish cemetery
- 11. Jewish population
- 12. Russian hut
- 13. The Farmer
- 14. Wooden manor
- 15. Country road
Video: Kiev, Odessa, Yalta and other cities of the Russian Empire in pre-revolutionary photographs from a flea market
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Photographer Ulrich Schnell bought a box of old photographic plates at a flea market. And what was his surprise when, on small 6x6 plates, he found photographs taken before the revolution in different cities of the Russian Empire. Scenes from urban and rural life, log cabins and manors - thanks to a unique find, there is a rare opportunity to see all this in good resolution.
1. Peasant house
Today, photographic plates that have been in private collections for a century are being digitized and can be seen in unrestricted access. These photographs are of great value, because they are the personification of pre-revolutionary history.
2. Panorama of Yalta
According to legend, the resort capital of the Crimea was founded by Greek navigators, and later the Byzantines and Genoese lived in these territories. In 1838, Yalta, which was part of the Russian Empire, received the status of a city.
3. Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
The Orthodox shrine was built back in 1051 during the reign of Yaroslav the Wise. The unique monastery complex is the oldest Orthodox monastery in Russia, in which the relics of Orthodox saints rest.
4. Southern Bug
5. Potemkin Stairs
Potemkin Stairs is an architectural monument in the style of classicism, which is the main attraction of the city. Currently, the staircase starts from Primorsky Boulevard, and its lower span opens onto the sidewalk of Primorskaya Street.
6. Outskirts of Kiev
7. Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater
The first theater in Odessa began its history practically from the moment the city was founded. In 1804, the pearl of the Black Sea received the right to build and became the third city with a theater in the Russian Empire.
8. Sevastopol
9. Alhambra
Vorontsov Palace is one of the most impressive and luxurious monuments of architecture, which is located at the foot of Mount Ai-Petri. The summer residence of the Governor-General of Count Vorontsov was built in 1848 by the English architect Edward Blore.
10. Jewish cemetery
11. Jewish population
The Crimean War became a historical event in the history of the Crimean Peninsula and its Jewish religious community. In 1829, the Russian government banned Jews who were exempted from serving in the army from living in Sevastopol, but the Israelis found it possible to defend a city in which they could not even live at any cost. After the end of the Crimean War, the attitude of the Russian authorities towards Jews softens and, as a result, an increasing number of Jews begin to emigrate to the territory of the Crimean Peninsula.
12. Russian hut
13. The Farmer
In 1861, the first and most significant of the "great reforms" of Alexander II was carried out - the abolition of serfdom in the Russian Empire. The inhibition of the formation of a new bourgeois class and the development of the state as a whole became the main reasons for this reform. In an atmosphere of peasant unrest, which especially intensified after the defeat in the Crimean War, Emperor Alexander II decides to abolish serfdom.
14. Wooden manor
15. Country road
And in continuation of the topic, one more interesting photo collection - pre-revolutionary Russia through the lens of the "father of Russian photo reportage" Karl Bull.
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