Unique collection: 18 color photographs of Moscow and Muscovites 30 years ago

What scientists saw in unique footage about the Tasmanian tiger that disappeared 100 years ago

The Tasmanian tiger is an animal that until now could only be seen in a picture or photograph. These striped marsupial predators of Australia became extinct at the beginning of the last century. However, some unique footage of the last known Tasmanian tiger was recently discovered. And now everyone can see him "alive". Archived video - Benjamin, a resident of the Hobart Zoo

A unique collection of photographs of Soviet athletes and athletes of 1920-1930

The history of the Soviet era is multifaceted, and special attention in the Land of Soviets was paid to the development of physical culture and sports. It was believed that every Soviet citizen should at any time come out to defend his country, and besides this, sports policy had a pronounced ideological significance. The first socialist state was supposed to be the first in everything and in the sports arena including

Unique collection: 25 color photographs of Moscow and Muscovites in 1931

We are used to getting an idea of the life of a century ago from black and white retro photographs. In this regard, it is especially interesting to look at old photos, where the life that was raging then is presented in bright colors. 25 unique color photographs of Moscow in 1931 make it possible to fully feel the rhythm of that time, which seems not so long ago in color

Who and where "came in large numbers" to Moscow 150 years ago: Migration of the XIX century

“If you talk to a casual acquaintance somewhere in a tram or a theater, you will certainly find out that he came here recently … There are less than 10% of native Muscovites born here. All the rest - who came from the provinces”- this is a quote from an article published in 1913 in the newspaper“Voice of Moscow”. Mass migration here began in the middle of the 19th century, and most of today's native Muscovites are descendants of those settlers

A story in color: a dozen black and white photographs in color

We have already fallen in love with photo projects combining photographs of the past and the present. But story fans from the ColorizedHistory community love a colored story. Rather, the work of professional artists who approach their work in a complex way: they rely on historical information, aesthetic preferences and their own taste, when they return the color to old black and white photographs. They return it, because life "then" was also full of bright, saturated color as it is now