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Gallery of the Prokudin-Gorsky Legacy

One of the project's main objectives is creating the most comprehensive database of photographs of Prokudin-Gorsky.
Gallery sections:
Albums Digital Restorations Photo Comparisons Panoramas Beyond the frame Recreations
You can find short descriptions of each section below

Albums

Control albums form catalogue of Prokudin-Gorsky's collection, made by the photographer himself, based on geographical and thematic principles.

If you are not familiar with the work of Prokudin-Gorsky, we recommend that you start viewing the gallery with albums.

Views of the Napoleonic campaign area (1911, 1912)

Views along the Oka River and Suzdal (1912)

The Volga Region (1910)

The Mariinsky Waterway (1909)

Various views and studies

The Urals (1909)

The Volga Region (contination) (1910)

The Volga and Its Tributaries (1911)

The Caucasus (1904, 1905, 1912)

Turkestan (1906—1907, 1911)

Kama—Tobol’sk Waterway (1912)

The Murmansk Railroad (1916)

The Urals (continuation) (1910, 1912)

Photo Comparison: 100 years later

Photos of Prokudin-Gorsky are compared with the modern views of the same place, which allows us to assess the scale of changes that have occurred or the degree of preservation of the object.

Vyborg

‘Vyborg. In Mon Repos park’

In Monrepos Park in Vyborg. [Väinämöinen statue]

St. Petersburg. At Moyka river

St. Petersburg. Novaya Gollandiya block from the side of Moyka river

Detail of church [of the Resurrection on the Blood in St. Petersburg]

Lilacs. [Plosky bridge in a park in Gatchina]

Lilacs in a park in Gatchina

Panoramas from Prokudin-Gorsky Photos

Photos which were connected into panoramas, sometimes using additional inserts and computer processing.
Main entrance to Bibi-Khanym

Beyond the Frame of Prokdin-Gorsky's photos

In this project, images of Prokudin-Gorsky are superimposed on photos of an object of the same years, made with a wide-angle lens. This allows us to look beyond the borders of the Prokudin’s frame and see its context.
Detail of the western wall in the Cathedral of the Nativity of [the Virgin]. [Suzdal]
Detail of the western wall in the Cathedral of the Nativity of [the Virgin]. [Suzdal]
[Staritsa, view from the site of an old town]
[Staritsa, view from the site of an old town]
[Tomb of Hieromonk Avraamiy (Palitsyn) near the wall of the Transfiguration Cathedral of Solovetsky monastery]
[Tomb of Hieromonk Avraamiy (Palitsyn) near the wall of the Transfiguration Cathedral of Solovetsky monastery]
View of Our Savior-Iakovlevskii Monastery, from the tower of the Rostov museum in the Kremlin. Rostov Velikii (environs)
View of Our Savior-Iakovlevskii Monastery, from the tower of the Rostov museum in the Kremlin. Rostov Velikii (environs)
Scene in Zlatoust
Scene in Zlatoust
Dome of the Gur-Emir mosque [mausoleum] from west (cracked). Samarkand
Dome of the Gur-Emir mosque [mausoleum] from west (cracked). Samarkand
Duan-Beggi Medrese [Khanqah] (in Labikhauz). Bukhara
Duan-Beggi Medrese [Khanqah] (in Labikhauz). Bukhara
Museum of Tobolsk
Museum of Tobolsk
Assumption Cathedral in the city of Tobolsk from the west
Assumption Cathedral in the city of Tobolsk from the west

Digital Restoration

Restoration of Prokudin-Gorsky images, many of which were seriously damaged, and also had an initially incorrect color balance or other defects.

View of the coast from Cape Zelenyi [Black Sea]

Author: V. Ratnikov

General view of Artvin

Author: V. Ratnikov

[View of a railroad and the bridge across Lizhma River]

Author: V. Ratnikov

Recreations

Printed reproductions of Prokudin-Gorsky's photographs made by himself. Of particular interest are those for which the original color negatives or even the black-and-white control print has not been preserved.
Emperor Nicholas II sluice with steamboat "Sheksna"
Emperor Nicholas II sluice with steamboat "Sheksna"
Autumn morning
Autumn morning
Plate with fruits
Plate with fruits
The rug is embroidered with silk. Served for the next two shots.
The rug is embroidered with silk. Served for the next two shots.
Chaliapin in the role of Boris Godunov
Chaliapin in the role of Boris Godunov
Chaliapin in the role of Mephistopheles
Chaliapin in the role of Mephistopheles
Turk riding ox and buffalo
Turk riding ox and buffalo
Çoruh river
Çoruh river
The cradle and chair, according to legend, belonged to Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich
The cradle and chair, according to legend, belonged to Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich

Random Photo Set

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"The Legacy of S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky"
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