[güttsfükk]

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here's an explanation of why the pictures are such high quality

In those years, photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook a photographic survey of the Russian Empire with the support of Tsar Nicholas II. He used a specialized camera to capture three black and white images in fairly quick succession, using red, green and blue filters, allowing them to later be recombined and projected with filtered lanterns to show near true color images. The high quality of the images, combined with the bright colors, make it difficult for viewers to believe that they are looking 100 years back in time - when these photographs were taken, neither the Russian Revolution nor World War I had yet begun. Collected here are a few of the hundreds of color images made available by the Library of Congress, which purchased the original glass plates back in 1948.

Source : http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201...ntury_ago.html

An Armenian woman in national costume poses for Prokudin-Gorskii on a hillside near Artvin (in present day Turkey), circa 1910

Sart woman in purdah in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, ca. 1910. Until the Russian revolution of 1917, "Sart" was the name for Uzbeks living in Kazakhstan.

A water-carrier in Samarkand (present-day Uzbekistan), ca. 1910.

Emir Seyyid Mir Mohammed Alim Khan, the Emir of Bukhara, seated holding a sword in Bukhara, (present-day Uzbekistan), ca. 1910.

A metal truss bridge on stone piers, part of the Trans-Siberian Railway, crossing the Kama River near Perm, Ural Mountains Region, ca. 1910.

Nomadic Kirghiz on the Golodnaia Steppe in present-day Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, ca. 1910.

A boy sits in the court of Tillia-Kari mosque in Samarkand, present-day Uzbekistan, ca. 1910.

[ChockFullOfChock]

Awesome, guttsy! Captures the start of communism, without doubt the biggest mistake of last century.

[z0death]

Great pics! They looked a right happy bunch!

[zadfrackglutz]

thanks really enjoyed thes photos. keep em coming. days gone by.

[Gh007]

Originally Posted by ChockFullOfChock ↗

Awesome, guttsy! Captures the start of communism, without doubt the biggest mistake of last century.

Everybody is so down on communism, its inferior to free market society; however communism would help a lot of third world countries. People have to realize the concept of "gained wealth" is only about three-hundred years old. Communism destroys the noble class and puts everyone on an even plane, its a healthy part of economic evolution [for countries willing to evolve that is].

[St. Geno]

cool

[ChockFullOfChock]

Originally Posted by Gh007 ↗

Everybody is so down on communism, its inferior to free market society; however communism would help a lot of third world countries. People have to realize the concept of "gained wealth" is only about three-hundred years old. Communism destroys the noble class and puts everyone on an even plane, its a healthy part of economic evolution [for countries willing to evolve that is].

Totally depends on the flavour of communism you're talking about, but sure as fuck the Stalin variety resulted in little but death and misery. Does seem to me that life in Cuba is a whole lot better than in a lot of Latin American countries though.

[Gh007]

Originally Posted by ChockFullOfChock ↗

Totally depends on the flavour of communism you're talking about, but sure as fuck the Stalin variety resulted in little but death and misery. Does seem to me that life in Cuba is a whole lot better than in a lot of Latin American countries though.

Yeah the US killed trade with Cuba so they're stuck. It was once a beautiful wealthy place with casinos and and hotels. The hotels are apartment buildings now for the most part. Why the fuck doesn't the US just take it over and make it another state. If Castro was the US he would have???

[Kadavar]

Wheres the vodka?

[ChockFullOfChock]

Originally Posted by Gh007 ↗

Why the fuck doesn't the US just take it over and make it another state.

Why doesn't the US simply remove the sanctions/embargoes? After all, the cold war is over, and the USA and China are now joined at the hip.