Russian Collection (page 100)

Members of the organization Narodnaya Volya (Peoples Will), Russia, c1870s-c1880s. Narodnaya Volya was a Russian left-wing terrorist organisation

Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia on an expedition, c1880. Grand Duke Michael (1832-1909) was the fourth son of Tsar Alexander I and Charlotte of Prussia

Horse-drawn sledge (kibitka), Siberia, Russia, 1890s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Landowner giving the Paschal greeting to her peasants, Russia, 1890s. The Paschal greeting is an Easter tradition in some Christian churches, including the Eastern Orthodox Church

Khitrov marketplace, Moscow, Russia, 1900s. By the time of the photograph, Khitrov marketplace was the haunt of thpusands of unemployed workers and criminals

The chaining of prisoners, Sakhalin, Russia, 1890s. Artist: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
The chaining of prisoners, Sakhalin, Russia, 1890s. A large island off the Pacific coast of Siberia, Sakhalin became the site of prison labour camps known as katorga from 1857

Prisoners at work, Sakhalin, Russia, 1890s. Artist: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Prisoners at work, Sakhalin, Russia, 1890s. A large island off the Pacific coast of Siberia, Sakhalin became the site of prison labour camps known as katorga from 1857

Anton Chekhov, Russian author, 1899. Artist: Pyotr Petrovich Pavlov
Anton Chekhov, Russian author, 1899. Chekhov (1860-1904) is regarded as one of Russias finest playwrights and one of the greatest writers of short stories

Easter, Russia, c1900. Artist: Alexei Sergeevich Mazurin
Easter, Russia, c1900. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Alexander Herzen, Russian writer and thinker, 1861. Artist: Sergei Levitsky
Alexander Herzen, Russian writer and thinker, 1861. Herzen (1812-1870) is regarded as the father of Russian socialism. His philosophy

The Sukharev Tower, Moscow, Russia, 1902 Artist: Otto Kirchner
The Sukharev Tower, Moscow, Russia, 1902. The Moscow Baroque Sukharev Tower was built in 1692-1695 to commemorate Peter the Greats victory over the rebellion led by his sister, Sophia

Lubyanka Square, Moscow, Russia, 1902. Artist: Otto Kirchner
Lubyanka Square, Moscow, Russia, 1902. Lubyanka Square was known as Dzerzhinsky Square from 1926-1990. From a private collection

Tsarevich Nicholas of Russia at Novocherkassk, Russia, 1891. Artist: Kessler
Tsarevich Nicholas of Russia at Novocherkassk, Russia, 1891. Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

Konstantin Stanislavsky, Russian actor ant theatre director, c1890-c1900. Artist: William Andreevich Carrick
Konstantin Stanislavsky, Russian actor ant theatre director, c1890-c1900. Stanislavski (1863-1938) co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre with Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko in 1898

First locomotive on the Oryol (Orel) Railway, Vitebsk, Russia, 1867. Artist: Sigismund Yurkovsky
First locomotive on the Oryol (Orel) Railway, Vitebsk, Russia, 1867. Found in the collection of the Moscow Photo Museum (House of Photography)

The family of Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, Taganrog, Russia, 1874. Artist:s Isakovich
The family of Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, Taganrog, Russia, 1874. Chekhov (1860-1904) (second from left) is regarded as one of Russias finest playwrights

Oil wells at Baku on the Caspian Sea, Russia, c1890. Artist: Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov
Oil wells at Baku on the Caspian Sea, Russia, c1890. By the beginning of the 20th century, the area around Baku, in modern Azerbaijan, was producing almost half the worlds oil

Everyday life of the Mari people, Russia, c1880s-c1890s. The Mari are a Volga-Finnic people who traditionally lived on the bakns of the Volga

Peredvizhniki (The Wanderers), group of Russian artists, 1888. Artist: Andrei Deniere
Peredvizhniki (The Wanderers), group of Russian artists, 1888. Peredvizhniki were a group of Russian Realist artists. In 1870 they founded an artists cooperative

Zinaida Gippius, Russian poet, with art historian Akim Volynsky, c1890-c1894. Artist: Andrei Deniere
Zinaida Gippius, Russian poet, with art historian Akim Volynsky, c1890-c1894. Gippius (1869-1945) was one of the founders of the Russian Symbolist movement, of which Volynsky was also a member

Countess Maria Nikolayevna Volkonskaya, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, 1845. Artist: Alfred Davignon
Countess Maria Nikolayevna Volkonskaya, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, 1845. Maria Volkonskaya (1805-1863) was the wife of Count Sergey Volkonsky

Count Sergey Volkonsky, Russian soldier and Decembrist rebel, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, 1845. Artist: Alfred Davignon
Count Sergey Volkonsky, Russian soldier and Decembrist rebel, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, 1845. A Major-General in the Russian army

Vera Fyodorovna Komissarzhevskaya, Russian actress, c1900. Artist: Karl Karlovich Bulla
Vera Fyodorovna Komissarzhevskaya, Russian actress, c1900. Vera Komissarzhevskaya (1864-1910) was the foremost Russian stage actress at the turn of the 20th century

Sheep shearing, Russia, c1875-c1877. Artist: Ivan Boldyrev
Sheep shearing, Russia, c1875-c1877. Found in the collection of the Institute for the History of Material Culture, St Petersburg

Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov, Russian religious poet, c1858. Artist: Karl August Bergner
Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov, Russian religious poet, c1858. Khomyakov (1804-1860) founded the Slavophile movement together with Ivan Kireevsky. From a private collection

Maria Surovshchikova-Petipa, Russian ballet dancer, c1861. Artist: Nadar
Maria Surovshchikova-Petipa, Russian ballet dancer, c1861. Maria Surovshchikova-Petipa (1836-1882) was prima ballerina of the St Petersburg Imperial Theatre

Tsar Alexander III of Russia with his family, c1886. Artist: Nadar
Tsar Alexander III of Russia with his family, c1886. Alexander III (1845-1894) with Tsarina Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928) and their five children, Grand Dukes Nicholas (1868-1918)

Palace Square, St Petersburg, Russia, on Bloody Sunday, 1905. The Russian Revolution of 1905 broke out after troops fired on protesters trying to deliver a petition to Tsar Nicholas II outside

Leo Tolstoy, Russian author, 1900. Artist: Scherer Nabholz & Co
Leo Tolstoy, Russian author, 1900. Tolstoy (1828-1910) is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly noted for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, late 19th century. Artist: Charles Reutlinger
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, late 19th century. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) wrote music across a broad range of genres

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer, 1890s. Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was a member of the group of Russian composers known as The Five

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, 1914. Nicholas (1868-1918) succeeded his father, Alexander III, as Emperor of Russia in 1894. He was forced to abdicate after the Russian Revolution in 1917

The Family of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, 1910s. The Tsar (1868-1918), Tsarina Alexandra (1872-1918) and their children Grand Duchesses Olga (1895-1918), Tatiana (1897-1918), Maria (1899-1918)

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Russian composer, teacher and conductor, 1929. Glazunov (1865-1935) was Director of the St Petersburg Conservatory from 1905 until 1928

Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia as a child, 1910s. Maria Kirillovna (1907-1951) was the eldest daughter of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna

Tsarevich Alexei of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra, c1910. Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov (1904-1918) was the fifth child and only son of Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918) and Tsarina Alexandra

Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, early 20th century. Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich (1891-1941) was the second child and only son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich

Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, c1900s-c1910s(?). Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh (1876-1936) was the third child and second daughter of Alfred

Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, c1912. Kira Kirillovna (1909-1967) was the second daughter of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna

Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana of Russia, 1910s. Artist: K von Hahn
Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana of Russia, 1910s. Olga (1895-1918) and Tatiana (1897-1918) were the eldest of the five children of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra

Tsarina Alexandra of Russia, early 20th century. A granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Alix of Hesse (1872-1918) married Tsar Nicholas II in November 1894

Children of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, c1910-c1914. Grand Duchesses Olga (1895-1918) Tatiana (1897-1918), Anastasia (1901-1918) and Maria (1899-1918) and the Tsarevich Alexei (1904-1918)

Tsarevich Alexei of Russia, c1910-c1914(?). Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov (1904-1918) was the son of Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918)

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, 1912. Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich (1878-1918) was the younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, c1908-c1910(?). Anastasia Nikolaevna (1901-1918) was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra of Russia

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia as child, c1871. Artist: Sergei Levitsky
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia as child, c1871. Nicholas (1868-1918) with his mother, Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna. Nicholas succeeded his father, Alexander III, as Emperor of Russia in 1894

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, 1909. Nicholas (1868-1918) succeeded his father, Alexander III, as Emperor of Russia in 1894. He was forced to abdicate after the Russian Revolution in 1917

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia, 1911. The younger sister of Alexandra, Queen Consort of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

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