Nostalgia - The Russian Empire of Czar Nicholas II Captured in Co

When, in 1909, the color photography pioneer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin- Gorskii began his journey to capture all of Russia in color images on behalf of the czar, the scope and importance of his undertaking were clear. Since 1905 he had planned to systematically document the empire with the color photography technique he had developed in order to give all Russians, particularly schoolchildren, a deeper connection to their country.