Sergei Mikhailovich Prokhudin-Gorskii

Between 1909 and 1912 and again in 1915, Prokhudin-Gorskii won the support of Tsar Nicholas II to undertake an ambitious project to document the people and places of the Russian Empire. He traveled across 11 Russian regions in a specially designed railroad car that was given to him by the Transportation Ministry.

Sergei Mikhailovich Prokhudin-Gorskii

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Posted: Mar 17 2013 | Tag: History