Pre-revolutionary Russia: unique photographs from the life of Tsar-Emperor Nicholas II

How the cook of Nicholas II gave his life for the Tsar, sharing the fate of the Tsar's family

He could be called a simple cook, but the name of Ivan Kharitonov went down in history as a symbol of unparalleled loyalty to his profession, the Tsar and the Fatherland. After the revolution, he could have simply quit his job and stay with his family, but he could not leave the royal family in a difficult time. Ivan Kharitonov followed Nicholas II to Tobolsk, and then to Yekaterinburg, where he was shot along with the imperial family and other servants who remained loyal to the tsar until the very end

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

The collector has collected a unique archive of photographs about life in the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th - early 20th centuries

In 1964, the Frenchman Pierre de Jigorde first came to Istanbul, and was fascinated by this city. He was engaged in trade, and also bought old photographs from local residents and collectors. As a result, he became the owner of a unique archive, the photographs of which date from 1853 to 1930. In total, there are 6,000 photographs in his collection, the names of the authors of which are forever lost. Recently, a significant part of this archive was made publicly available on the Internet

Soviet-era photographs: 18 unique photographs presented at the Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography

The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, which opened in 2010, opens a new photo exhibition every 2 months. Practice shows that expositions dedicated to the legacy of the Russian Soviet era are of particular interest. In our roundup, the best shots ever presented at this center

The very first photographs in the world: 15 unique photographs of the 19th century from the British gallery Tate

An exhibition dedicated to the origins of photography has opened at the Tate Britain in London. In this exhibition, you can see the earliest photographs taken between 1840 and 1860. This review contains the very first photographs that capture the amazing atmosphere of that time and the people who lived at that time