Sergei Prokudin Gorsky Collection (page 9)

Alley of Chamaerops excelsus [windmill palm], between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Alley of Chamaerops excelsus [windmill palm], between 1905 and 1915. Russia? Trachycarpus fortunei, the Chinese windmill palm or Chusan palm

In Little Russia [i.e. Ukraine], between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
In Little Russia [i.e. Ukraine], between 1905 and 1915. Woman in traditional costume. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Mullahs in mosque, Aziziia [sic], Batum, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Mullahs in mosque, Azizia, Batum, between 1905 and 1915. In the middle of the 19th century, the Turkish Sultan Abdullah Azizie built the Aziz (or Aziziye)

Fly agaric, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Fly agaric, between 1905 and 1915. Amanita muscaria contains psychoactive substances. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Site of the imprisonment of the Vorotynskii princes [Kirillo-Belozerskii Monastery... 1909
Site of the imprisonment of the Vorotynskii princes [Kirillo-Belozerskii Monastery, Kirillov, Russian Empire], 1909. The Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery (in present-day Vologda Oblast, northern Russia)

Man in courtyard, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Man in courtyard, [Central Asia?], between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Trinity Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Monastery, Belgorod, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Walled adobe structure with domes and arches in desert area, with man posed... between 1905-1915
Walled adobe structure with domes and arches in desert area, with man posed in front for scale, [Central Asia?], between 1905 and 1915

Boy sitting on sea wall, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Boy sitting on sea wall, between 1905 and 1915. Russia? Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Passage of the Dead: detail above entrance, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of 11th-15th and 19th centuries

Church of Saint Euthymius in Kirillo-Belozerskii Monastery [Russian Empire], 1909. The Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery (in present-day Vologda Oblast, northern Russia)

Saint Paul dam in Deviatiny [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Saint Paul dam in Deviatiny [Russian Empire], 1909. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) was a pioneer in colour photography which he used to document early

Detail of Uluk-Bek (to the right of the entrance), Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. The {/40726/} Observatory was built in the 1420s by the Timurid astronomer {/40726/}

Mosaics on the Shakh-i Zindeh walls, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Mosaics on the Shakh-i Zindeh walls, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of 11th-15th and 19th centuries

Sepulchre of the Venerable Kirill [Kirillo-Belozerskii Monastery, Kirillov, Russian Empire], 1909. The Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery (in present-day Vologda Oblast, northern Russia)

Koldakhvary: shed for drying corn, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Koldakhvary: shed for drying corn, [Georgia?], between 1905 and 1915. Note wicker construction. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Adobe building in a grassy field, trees in background, between 1905 and 1915
Adobe building in a grassy field, trees in background, [Russia/Central Asia?], between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Village of Deviatiny and the Saint Boris dam [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Village of Deviatiny and the Saint Boris dam [Russian Empire], 1909. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Man on camel, buildings in background, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Man on camel, buildings in background, [Central Asia?], between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Gagra: from the wharf, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Gagra: from the wharf, between 1905 and 1915. Boathouse and mast by the shore of the Black Sea. The town of Gagra is situated at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains

Sacred well inside courtyard in Bogoeddin, Bukhara, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Sacred well inside courtyard in Bogoeddin, Bukhara, between 1905 and 1915. Arched well in the Bahauddin Naqshbandi complex, near Bukhara

Group of workers harvesting tea, Greek women [Chakva], between 1905 and 1915
Group of workers harvesting tea, [Chakva], between 1905 and 1915. Workers, identified by Prokudin-Gorskii as Greeks, pose while harvesting tea from plants spreading over rolling hills near Chakva

Detail of church [of the Resurrection on the Blood], between 1905 and 1915. The Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood is a Russian Orthodox church in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton thread, probably... between 1905-1915
Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton thread, probably in Tashkent, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Chapel on the site where the city of Belozersk was founded in ancient times... 1909
Chapel on the site where the city of Belozersk was founded in ancient times [Belozersk, Russian Empire], 1909. First mentioned in Russian chronicles for the year 862 A.D

Isfandiyar, Khan of the Russian protectorate of Khorezm (Khiva), full-length... between 1910-1915
Isfandiyar, Khan of the Russian protectorate of Khorezm (Khiva), full-length portrait in uniform, seated on chair, outdoors, between 1910 and 1915

Cotton textile mill interior, probably in Tashkent, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Cotton textile mill interior, probably in Tashkent, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Woman in purdah, standing in front of doowrway, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Woman in purdah, standing in front of doowrway, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Isfandiyar, Khan of the Russian protectorate of Khorezm (Khiva)... between 1910-1915
Isfandiyar, Khan of the Russian protectorate of Khorezm (Khiva), portrait, in uniform, seated on chair, outdoors, between 1910 and 1915

Cotton gin (?), in interior of mill, probably in Tashkent, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Georgian woman, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Georgian woman, between 1905 and 1915. Woman in traditional costume standing on a carpet, outside, near a tree. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Iconostasis in the summer cathedral [Leushinskii Monastery, Leushino, Russian Empire], 1909. In Eastern Christianity, an iconostasis is a wall of icons and religious paintings

View of Voznesene [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
View of Voznesene [Russian Empire], 1909. Voznesensk, Ukraine? Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Woman in purdah, standing near wooden door, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Woman in purdah, standing near wooden door, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Residence for the sisters of the Leushinskii Monastery [Leushina, Russian Empire], 1909. Nuns accommodation, possibly part of the Convent of the Nativity of John the Baptist complex at Leushino

View of a courtyard, adobe buildings, and a bird's nest atop a dome, between 1905 and 1915
View of a courtyard, adobe buildings, [Central Asia?], between 1905 and 1915. Note stork's nest. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

In Italy, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
In Italy, between 1905 and 1915. Woman in formal dress, posed, standing near gate. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Old house on the cliff on the left bank of Kura River, between 1905 and 1915
Old house on the cliff on the left bank of Kura River, [Russia?], between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Cotton textile mill interior, probably in Tashkent, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Cotton textile mill interior, probably in Tashkent, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

In Italy, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
In Italy, between 1905 and 1915. Woman in formal dress, posed, sitting at table with vase of flowers, on a balcony overlooking a field

Lau-Dzhen-Dzhau's house, Chakva, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Lau-Dzhen-Dzhau's house, Chakva, between 1905 and 1915. Home of Chinese foreman Lau-Dzhen-Dzhau at a tea farm and processing plant in Chakva, a small town just north of Batumi

View of the city of Vytegra from a hill [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
View of the city of Vytegra from a hill [Russian Empire], 1909. Vologda Oblast, Russia. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Turkmen man posing with camel loaded with sacks, probably of grain or cotton... between 1905-1915
Turkmen man posing with camel loaded with sacks, probably of grain or cotton, Central Asia, between 1905 and 1915. Wearing traditional dress and headgear, a Turkmen camel driver poses with his camel

Home of Nikolai Savvich Abaz on his former estate Nidzhi, between 1905 and 1915
Home of Nikolai Savvich Abaz on his former estate Nidzhi, [Russia?], between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

General view of Artvin from the small town of Svet, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
General view of Artvin from the small town of Svet, between 1905 and 1915. Houses on a hillside in northeastern Turkey. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

General view of the Likanskii Palace from the Kura River, between 1905 and 1915. The Likany foothills of the Caucasus Mountains provide a dramatic backdrop for a palace built on the Kura River

Lugano, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Lugano, between 1905 and 1915. Hotel in Ticino, Switzerland. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Bird's-eye view of a city, possibly Tiflis (Tbilisi, Georgia), between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

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