Authentic Color Photographs of the Russian Empire (1904-1915) | Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky

Consider Supporting HoH: Russian Czar Nicholas II commissioned a photographer, one that pioneered colourized photography, to travel through the Russian Empire. With his specially equipped railway carriage, he captured the way of life and its religious buildings, infrastructure, normal people living in it and its landscapes. His name was Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky. Many of those photographs have been preserved, and honestly, they’re of incredible quality. Rectification: at 3:57 what you’re seeing is the moulding of an artistic casting. Kasli Iron Works. From the album: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of industrial area, Russian Empire, 1910. Not developing photographs. US Library of Congress Prokudin-Gorsky collection: My Twitter: Watch my documentary series: End of Empire - Downfall of the Qing Dynasty playlist: