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West Berliners looking over a portion of the Berlin Wall at the time of its construction. East German soldiers looking back, West Berlin, Germany, August 1961.
Don McCullin—Contact Press Images
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12 months ago on June 23, 2012 at 07:38pm
Sergey Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) was a Russian photographer and chemist. He was a pioneer in colour photography, and in 1909-1915 he travelled around The Russian Empire to document the history, culture and peoples of this vast czardom.
For more photos by Serjozha, click on these:
http://www.gridenko.com/pg
http://englishrussia.com/2012/06/19/ethnic-diversity-of-the-russian-empire/
http://www.museumsyndicate.com/artist.php?artist=798
Or just google it.
12 months ago on June 23, 2012 at 11:58am
На берегу пустинных волн
Стоял Он, дум великих полн
Alexandre Benois (Russian: Александр Николаевич Бенуа) (1870-1960): Peter the Great Meditating the Idea of Building St Petersburg at the Shore of the Baltic Sea. 1916
1 year ago on June 17, 2012 at 10:39am
