Junkers and officers to be buried at special Fraternity military cemetery on Northern Moscow outskirts later this month #1917LIVE
Shevardinsky redoubt. Redoubt was taken by the French on August 24. During the battle on August 26, Napoleon's headquarters were here, from where he stood surveying the battlefield. View from Spaso-Borodinski Monastery [2] Borodino Battlefield [1911]
General view of Ferapontov- Luzhetskii men's monastery. Mozhaysk [1911]. Founded in 1408 by Saint Therapont of Belozersk, one of the disciples of Saint Sergius of Radonezh- the spiritual leader of Muscovite monasticism.
Cathedral of Saint Nicholas. Built in 1680–84 on the foundations of the Saint Nicholas Gate-the main entrance of the fortress. Reconstructed 1802-14. Mozhaisk. [1911] See the remnants of the earthen ramparts of the fortress [1]
Construction of the dam. Kuzminskoe / Кузьминское on the River Oka [1912]. Water pumps [3]. Abutment for the dam, and house, belonging to the government [In the white building -at the center-was a diesel power station] [4].
General view of Ryazan / Рязань on the Oka River [1912]: from the bell tower of Assumption Cathedral from the North [1] NorthEast [2,3], Monastery of Our Saviour from SouthWest [4].
BREAKING: Declaration of Independence delivered in Finnish Parliament by Prime Minister Pehr Evind Svinhufvud #1917LIVE
View of the Golutvinsky Monastery for men. Founded [around 1384] by the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh. Kolomna /Коломна [1912]
Suzdal. The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin. Собор Рождества Пресвятой Богородицы. Built in 1222-1225.
Entrance gate of the Venerable Rizpolozhenskii/Ризоположенский Monastery [1]. The Church of Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki / Дмитриевская [2]
Church of the Life-Giving Trinity / Живоначальной Троицы [3]
Church of Boris and Gleb / Борисоглебская [4]
Church of the Resurrection/Церкoвь Воскресения Built of brick in 1630–45, Kostroma. [1910] In the courtyard [1]. Entrance [3].
URGENT: State of emergency declared in Petrograd amid disorders inspired by counterrevolutionary elements. Meetings banned. Pillaging to be responded to with fire #1917LIVE
Peace conference opens in Brest-Litovsk. Russian delegation insists on ‘no annexation/no war indemnity’ principle; Germans agree, but only on condition of Entente participation. Russia's allies instead sabotage peace effort by pulling out #1917LIVE
(Summer) Church of the Fedorov Mother of God / Церковь Федоровской Божьей Матери (летняя). Built 1682–87 [1,2].
Church of the Fedorov Mother of God [3,4] served as a “winter church” (smaller and therefore more easily heated) for the Feodorovsky parish. Yaroslavl 1911 #1917LIVE
Unemployment insurance introduced in the Russian Republic. Benefits to be paid from employer payments #1917LIVE
City of Aleksandrov / Александров Cathedral in the Trinity monastery [2]. Late summer of 1911
Обнаружен грандиозный и неизученный пласт архивных фото из СССР, снятых профессором Виргинского университета (1949-1991, США) Томасом Хаммондом на протяжении пары десятилетий - с конца 1950-х до начала 1980-х.. Внимание, траффик!
@Sasha_Zatonsky @UrIntellegence Ну, не совсем "таких" :) В основном, чёрно-белых. Так как качественные цветные фотографии были довольно редки, особенно в 50е-60е.