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In reply to the discussion: This is a collection of historical photos. Some very old, some not; all are worth seeing... [View all]happyslug
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Please note this photos are owned by the US Government Library of Congress, so no copyright exists so anyone can use them:
Complete list of photos:
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/geocat.php?lang=en&is_old=0
US Library of Congress collection of these photos:
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/gorskii.html
Here are some of the photos in the collection:
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=482&type=3
Here is a photo that does NOT have a modern duplicate of the Church BUT the Church Still stands:
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/card.php?lang=en&photos_id=537
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novospassky_Monastery
One of his photos and a 2012 version of his photo:
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=825&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=824&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=899&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=488&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=487&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=1200&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=407&type=3
He even made it to Switzerland:
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=90&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=539&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=540&type=3
Now to the Crimea:
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=1755&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=1756&type=3
Kiev:
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=542&type=3
Denmark:
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=194&type=3
Chapel where Ivan the Terrible's wife gave birth:
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=523&type=3
How much things change:
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=522&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=1094&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=7&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=512&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=1096&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=1103&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=1438&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=1390&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=861&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=709&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=526&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=310&type=3
The border between Europe and Asia:
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=1825&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=1425&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=967&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=1018&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=250&type=3
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=201&type=3
Some Russian Villages, no modern photo to compare them to:
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/card.php?lang=en&photos_id=1731
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/card.php?lang=en&photos_id=1734
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/card.php?lang=en&photos_id=1354
For more photos of Villages:
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/tags.php?lang=en&tag_id=2
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/arcs.php?lang=en&photos_id=599&type=3