S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky: The Splendors of Russia in Natural Color 1905–1916

Exhibition of Šechtl & Voseček Museum of Photography February–May 2006

 

Georgia

Грузинка.

Georgian woman.


The Georgians are a nation or an ethnic group, originating in the Caucasus. The Georgian ethnic group (as a single entity) is one of the oldest ethnic groups in the world. Georgians are a part of the Ibero-Caucasian peoples and are classified in the South Caucasian family both linguistically and culturally. The Georgian language has a rich literary tradition and the Georgian Alphabet is one of the fourteen unique alphabets which exist in the world today.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, , LC-DIG-ppmsc-03968. Digital color rendering by Walter Frankhauser.


Вид на Тифлис с площадки церкви Св. Давида.

View of Tiflis from the terrace of the Church of St. David.


This panoramic view of Tiflis shows the city nestled in a valley amid ridges in the Caucasus Mountains. The city today is Tbilisi, the capital of the now independent Republic of Georgia. At the time this photograph was taken, around 1910, the city had a multinational population of 160,000, including Georgians, Armenians, Russians, Persians, Poles, Tatars, and Jews.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, , LC-DIG-ppmsc-04434. Digital color rendering by Walter Frankhauser.


Пристань Гагры.

The landing-place of Gagry.


Gagra is a city in western Georgia, sprawling for 5 km on the northeast coast of the Black Sea, at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains. Since the Abkhazian war in the 1990s, however, the city has become depopulated and increasingly decrepit. The town is still much frequented by Russian tourists.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, , LC-DIG-prokc-21697. Digital color rendering by Jan Hubička based on color composite by Blaise Agüera y Arcas.

Новая гостиница. Гагры.

New inn. Gagra


Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, , LC-DIG-ppmsc-04670. Digital color rendering by Walter Frankhauser.


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