Then and now: 30 eloquent pictures of how Russia has changed over 100 years
A hundred years - is it a lot or a little in the life of one country? For our homeland, which has such a stormy and stunning imagination, this is, undoubtedly, a significant period of time during which an incredible amount of events and changes has occurred.
100 years ago, Russian photographer, public figure and inventor Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky set himself the goal of making color photographs demonstrating what his native land looks like. So he went on a trip to the Russian Empire, taking a huge number of pictures, and completed the task. Today these photographs have a special historical value.
A century later, caring people tried to repeat these shots as much as possible in order to compare what modern Russia and Russia of the past look like.
1912/2010
Church in New Ladoga, 1909 / today
Church of the Fedorov Icon of the Mother of God, Yaroslavl, 1911/2009
Church of the Nativity, Krokhino, 1909/2013
The village of Dryannovo, 1912/2015
Railway near Kondopoga, 1916/2012
The bend of the Chusovaya river near the village of Sloboda, 1912/2011
Nilova Desert Monastery (Stolobny Island, Lake Seliger), 1910/2010
Nilova Monastery Desert, 1910/2010
Nilova Monastery Desert, 1910/2010
Vitebsk, 1912/2012
Obelisk to Emperor Peter I, the village of Veskovo, museum-estate "Boat of Peter I", 1911/2008
Railway, Perm, 1909/2012
Ostashkov, 1910/2010
Novo-Nikolsky Cathedral, Mozhaysk, 1911/2008
Novo-Nikolsky Cathedral from a different angle, Mozhaysk, 1911/2010
Torzhok, 1910/2010
Dmitrievsky Cathedral, Vladimir, 1911/2009
Fresco above the entrance to the Church of St. John Chrysostom, Yaroslavl, 1911/2011
Christmas is a great time to reunite with family and friends, and the photos people take on this holiday every year show how things change over time. Four friends from the United States took this classic tradition very seriously. Not only do they annually create a festive portrait together, but they also recreate every detail of a group photo taken by them for the first time back in 2009. ...