Archive Photos Collection (page 18)

Oil extraction in Baku, Russia, c1903-c1906. By the beginning of the 20th century, the area around Baku, in modern Azerbaijan, was producing almost half the worlds oil

Mathilde Kschessinska, Russian prima ballerina, with her son, Volodya, 1910. A ballerina of Polish origin, Mathilde Kschessinska (1872-1971)

Tamara Karsavina, Russian ballerina, 1900s or 1910s. Karsavina (1885-1978) starred with the Imperial Russian Ballet. She left Russia after the Revolution

Soldiers of the Volunteer Army before the tank General Drozdovsky, 1919
Soldiers of the Volunteer Army before the tank General Drozdovsky, Russia, 1919. The Volunteer Army was a White (anti-Bolshevik)

League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class, c1895
Members of the League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class, Russia, c1895. The League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class was a left-wing political group founded in

White Russian General Anton Denikin mees British Major-General Frederick Poole, Russia, 1918. Denikin (1872-1947) was Commander-in-chief of the White armed forces in southern Russia during

Crowds on Znamenskaya Square, Petrograd, Russia, February Revolution, 1917. The February Revolution led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the collapse of imperial Russia

Striking Putilov workers on the first day of the February Revolution, St Petersburg, Russia, 1917. The Putilov Plant was a large machine-building factory in St Petersburg

Lubyanka square, Moscow, Russia, c1890-c1905. Lubyanka Square was known as Dzerzhinsky Square from 1926-1990. Found in the collection of the Institute for the History of Material Culture

Soviet politician Sergei Kirov, 17th Congress of the Communist Party, Moscow, USSR, 1934. Kirov (1886-1934) rose through the Bolshevik ranks after the Russian Revolution to become head of

Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war near a barracks, Karelia, Russia, WWI, 1915. The Russians captured some 500, 000 Austro-Hungarian soldiers during the First World War

Young Russian peasant women, Sheksna River, near the small town of Kirillov, Russia, 1909. Found in the collection of the Library of Congress, Washington DC

View of the St Basils Slope, seen from the Moskva River, Moscow, Russia, c1890-c1905. St Basils Cathedral is visible in the distance

The Alexandrinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia, c1890-c1905. Founded in 1756, the Alexandrinsky Theatre is Russias oldest national theatre

Lyubov Yegorova, Russian ballerina, 1905. Yegorova (1880-1972) performing in the title role in The Blue Dahlia, a ballet with music by Cesare Pugni and choreography by Marius Petipa

Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Russia and Princess Alix of Hesse, London, 1894. The future Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918) married Alix of Hesse (1872-1918) on 26 November 1894

Marius Petipa, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, 1898. Petipa (1818-1910) is widely regarded as the most influential balletmaster and chorographer of all time

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and George V of the United Kingdom, 1913. Nicholas II (1868-1918) and his cousin George V (1865-1936) in Berlin, Germany

Eleonora Duse, Italian actress, 1896. Artist: Aime Dupont
Eleonora Duse, Italian actress, 1896. Duse (1858-1924) in New York during her successful tour of the United States. From a private collection

Gabriele D Annunzio, Italian poet, novelist and dramatist, 20th century. Artist: Studio Fotografico Ferrurio
Gabriele D Annunzio, Italian poet, novelist and dramatist, 20th century. Gabriele D Annunzio, Principe di Montenevoso (1863-1938)

Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin, Russian anarchist, c1900. Artist: Nadar
Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin, Russian anarchist, c1900. Prince Pyotr Kropotkin (1842-1921) was a geographer and advocate of anarchist communism. From a private collection

Jean-Francois Millet, French painter, c1860s. Artist: Nadar
Jean-Francois Millet, French painter, c1860-c1875. Millet (1814-1875) was one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. From a private collection

Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, c1900s(?). Artist: Nadar
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, c1900s(?). Mechnikov (1845-1916) continued the work of Louis Pasteur, specialising in the study of the immune system

St Isaacs Square, St Petersburg, Russia, c1890-c1905. The building at top left is the Mariinsky Palace, which housed the State Council of Imperial Russia until the Revolution of 1917

Conference of the Allied leaders, Yalta, Crimea, USSR, February 1945. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965), US President Franklin D Roosevelt (1882-1945)

Frederic Chopin, Polish pianist and composer, 1849. Artist: Louis-Auguste Bisson
Frederic Chopin, Polish pianist and composer, 1849. The only known photograph of Chopin (1810-1849)

Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet, 1960s
Bella Akhmadulina (1937-), Russian poet, 1960s. Found in the collection of the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, Moscow

Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia, 1865. Grand Duke Nicholas (1859-1919) was the eldest son of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich, the fourth son of Tsar Nicholas I

Equestrian portrait of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, c1861-c1865. Alexander (1818-1881) was Tsar from 1855. Known as The Liberator, he emancipated Russias serfs in 1861

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna and Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, c1860-c1862. Grand Duchess Maria (1853-1920) and Grand Duke Sergei (1857-1905)

Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, c1860s(?). Artist: E Westly & Co
Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, c1860s(?). Grand Duke Michael (1832-1909) was the fourth son of Tsar Alexander I and Charlotte of Prussia

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, c1860-c1862. The daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna (1853-1920) married Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh

Tsar Alexander II of Russia with his daughter Maria and son Alexei, 1863. Artist: Ivan Fyodorovich Alexandrovsky
Tsar Alexander II of Russia with his daughter Maria and son Alexei, 1863. Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich (1850-1908) and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna (1853-1920)

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, 1860. Grand Duchess Maria (1853-1920) and Grand Duke Sergei (1857-1905)

Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, c1864-c1867(?). Artist: Andrei Deniere
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, c1864-c1867(?). Grand Duke Paul (1860-1919) was the youngest son of Tsar Alexander II and Maria Alexandrovna

Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (the elder) of Russia with his wife and son, c1861-c1863. Grand Duke Nicholas (1831-1891) was the third son of Tsar Nicholas I

The three eldest children of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, c1860-c1861. Grand Duchess Vera Constantinovna (1854-1912)

Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia with his wife and one of their sons, 1860. Grand Duke Konstantin (1827-1892) was the second son of Tsar Nicholas I and Alexandra Fyodorovna

Tsar Alexander II of Russia, c1861-c1865(?)
Tsar Alexander II of Russia, c1861-c1865. Alexander (1818-1881) was Tsar from 1855. Known as The Liberator, he emancipated Russias serfs in 1861

Olga Nikolaevna, Queen of Wurttemberg, c1860-c1867. Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (1822-1892) was the second daughter of Tsar Nicholas I and Alexandra Feodorovna

Grand Duchess Vera Constantinovna of Russia, c1861-c1865(?). Grand Duchess Vera (1854-1912) was the younger daughter of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich

Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna of Russia, c1866-1870(?). Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928) married the future Tsar Alexander III on 9th November 1866

Russian author Leonid Andreyev with his wife, early 20th century. Artist: Karl Karlovich Bulla
Russian author Leonid Andreyev with his wife, early 20th century. Andreyev (1871-1919) was a playwright and short story writer who was the leader of the Expressionist movement in Russian literature

A Kolkhoz brigade taking a break, USSR, 1931
A kolkhoz brigade taking a break, USSR, 1931. A kolkhoz was a form of collective farm introduced under the policy of collectivization of agriculture in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s

In a woodworking factory, Russia, 1950s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow. Russian photographer

Parade of the Young Communists, Moscow, USSR, 1930s. The Communist Union of Youth (Komsomol) was the youth wing of the Soviet Communist Party. It was founded in October 1918

In a mechanical engineering factory, USSR, 1930s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

A Young Pioneers camp canteen, USSR, 1930s. The Young Pioneers was a youth organisation established by the Communist Party in Russia in 1922

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