Курск / Kursk in the 1900s

Дореволюционная Россия на фотографиях Курск 1900-x Pre-revolutionary Russia in photographs Kursk in the 1900’s Music: “Ava Maria“ by Vladimir Vavilov, arranged for Domra and Piano Kursk is located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym area around the city will always be remembered as the site of the largest tank battle in history and the turning point in the Great Patriotic War. However, these photographs of the city go back to the beginning of the last century when the city was a well known industrial centre of the Russian Empire. Kursk had one of the largest breweries in Russia as well as engineering factories and sugar mills. Working conditions in the factories of Kursk were harsh and often resulted in strikes (for instance, from 1901-03 the workers at the sugar mill went on strike). Kursk workers participated in the general political strike during the 1905 Russian Revolution.........