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

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

 

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Turkmen people is a name currently applied to two Turkic peoples. Historically, all of the Western or Oghuz Turks have been called Türkmen or Turkoman.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, , LC-DIG-prokc-20010. Digital color rendering by Jan Hubička based on color composite by Blaise Agüera y Arcas.

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Wearing traditional dress and headgear, a Turkmen camel driver poses with his camel, laden with what is most likely grain or cotton. Camel caravans remained the most common means of transporting food, raw materials, and manufactured goods in Central Asia well into the railroad era.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, , LC-DIG-ppmsc-03980. Digital color rendering by Walter Frankhauser.


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Shown here is the interior of a textile mill that produces thread from locally grown cotton. The location, though unidentified, is most likely in Tashkent which is known for textile production. Because of the warm, dry climate, Central Asia—and particularly Uzbekistan—was an ideal location for growing and processing cotton for the entire empire.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, , LC-DIG-ppmsc-04415. Digital color rendering by Walter Frankhauser.


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Alternators made in Budapest, Hungary, in the power generating hall of a hydroelectric station in Iolotan on the Murghab River.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, , LC-DIG-ppmsc-04414. Digital color rendering by Walter Frankhauser.


Этюд головки.

An study. Woman's head.


Prokudin-Gorsky took most of his photos in natural settings, but this photo, taken in front of a photographic background, is really an exception in his archive.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, , LC-DIG-prokc-21657. Digital color rendering by Jan Hubička based on color composite by Blaise Agüera y Arcas.

Паровоз.

Steam locomotive.


Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, , LC-DIG-ppmsc-04651. Digital color rendering by Walter Frankhauser.


Семья поселенца. Пос. Графовка.

Settler's family. The village of Grafovka


Ethnic Russian settlers to the Mugan Steppe region, south of the Caucasus Mountains and west of the Caspian Sea, established a small settlement named Grafovka. The region is immediately north of the border with Persia. Settlement of Russians in non-European parts of the empire, and particularly in border regions, was encouraged by official government policy and accounts for much of the Russian migration to Siberia, the Far East, and the Caucasus regions.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, , LC-DIG-ppmsc-04435. Digital color rendering by Walter Frankhauser.