Russian Collection (page 17)

Maya - a mannequin for Reville s
Maya, the professional name of Messrs. Revilles most famous mannequin, who was, according to The Sphere, a member of an old Russian noble family exiled by the Bolsheviks

Chez Fysher cabaret - Nielsen Fysher and Madame Stroeva
The Chez Fysher show at Oddeninos restaurant in London, 1924 featuring as its star attraction, Madame Dora Stroeva who sang Russian songs before nightly audiences of most of the theatrical stars of

Daughters of Leonid Krassin at the Venice Lido
Ludmila (in bathing wrap), Luba (with hat) and Katia Krassin, daughters of Leonid Krassin, the Bolshevik leader seen on the beach at the Venice Lido. In the background is the Excelsior hotel

A portrait of Nijinsky, 1914
A portrait of the dancer Nijinsky, 1914 Date: 1914

A portrait of Anna Pavlova, 1920 Date: 1920

The dancer Thamar Karsavina, London, 1919
The dancer Thamar Karsavina, in the Fire Bird, London, 1919 Date: 1919

The dancer Leonide Massine, London, 1919 Date: 1919

A portrait of Anna Pavlova in her The Fairy Doll dance, 1925 Date: 1925

Anna Pavlova in her famous The Death of the Swan dance, 1925 Date: 1925

Volinine, Anna Pavlova and Novikoff in their Coquetterie de Colombine dance, 1925 Date: 1925

Anna Pavlova and Novikoff in Don Quixote, 1925 Date: 1925

Anna Pavlova and Novikoff in their Syrian dance, 1925 Date: 1925

Michel Fokine, famous Russian Choreographer, 1927 Date: 1927

Russian state jewels to be auctioned in London
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on a sale of magnificent jewellery forming part of the Russian state jewels, which were auctioned at Christies in 1927

Nikolai Ruzsky, Russian General
Nikolai Vladimirovich Ruzsky (1854-1918), Russian General during the First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856-1918), Russian General, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army. Date: circa 1913-1914

Prince Andrew of Greece at Monte Carlo
Prince Andrew of Greece, father of the Duke of Edinburgh pictured with Grand Duke Dmitri, pictured poolside at Monte Carlo Beach on the French Riviera

Woman of Kamtschatka (Kamchatka), Russia
Woman of Kamtschatka (Kamchatka), north-east Russia. circa 1780s

Diverse nations of the Russian Empire, circa 1800
Diverse nations of the Russian Empire: Siberians, Tongusians, Kalmyks, Tartars, Finns, Cossacks, etc. Illustration from Andrew Swintons Travels into Norway, Denmark and Russia, 1792

Russian peashrub, Caragana frutex (Shrubby caragana, Caragana frutescens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The

Siberian stonechat, Saxicola maurus
Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat, Saxicola maurus (Russian warbler, Motacilla rossica). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Roller coaster at the Barriere du Roule, Paris
Roller coaster at the Barriere du Roule (Place de Ternes, Paris). Fashionable women in bonnets and shawls riding cars down the rollercoaster

Columbine or Aquliegia species
Mrs Skinners columbine, Aquilegia skinneri, Russian columbine, A. glandulosa, glaucous columbine, A. glauca, fragrant columbine, A. fragrans, Siberian columbine, A

Interior of a traditional Russian loghouse or Izba, 18th century. Woman tending chickens in the living room, and a large brick oven in the rear

Russian village, 18th century, a single street of traditional loghouses or Izba and a church. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

The original rollercoaster or Russian Mountain
A Russian Mountain, a giant artificial ice slide for skaters and sledders, 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Russian people on horse-driven sleighs on a glacier
Russian nobles and travelers on sleds and sleighs on a frozen river, and men on a horse-driven carriage on the riverbank, 18th century

Russian serfs or peasantry, 18th century
Russian serfs or peasantry. A peasant in travel clothes with hat, shirt, boots and bark shoes, and women spinning yarn and washing clothes

Russian Orthodox church abbot and monk. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847

Russian Orthodox pope and archimandrite
Russian Orthodox church pope and archimandrite, with nuns, in ecclesiatical robes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Russian military corps: Jannisary, cadet and infantry
Russian military: Polish Jannisary in turban 6, cadet corps under Catherine 7, guardsman under Alexander 8, grenadier 9, and officer 10

Russian military corps: Jaeger, Turk and Wallachian
Russian military: Hunter or Jaeger corps in shacko with horn and axe 1, mace and axe, and colonel in pelisse coat 3, Turkish corps in turban 4, and Wallachian soldier 5

Napoleon Bonaparte pursued by Cossacks, 1813
Napoleon Bonaparte escaping out of a window as the front door is smashed in by Russian Cossacks after the Battle of Leipzig, 1813

Napoleons Army snowed under on the Retreat
Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Army snowed under on the Retreat from Moscow, 1812. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor

Interior of a Kamchatka dwelling, eastern Russia. Date: circa 1779

Travelling in south-west Russia 1842
Travelling in Russia, near the south-west frontier. Date: 1842

Russian men in US Army coats, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Group photo of eleven Russian men (described as Bolsheviks) in US Army long coats, at Fort Omaha, Nebraska, USA, on 27 December 1918

General view, The Kremlin, Moscow, Russia. Date: circa 1905

View of the Troitza Gate, Moscow, Russia
View of the Troitza (Trinity) Gate, Moscow, Russia. Date: circa 1905

Naval cadets with flag of the Imperial Russian Navy and a snow scene in the background. Date: circa 1905

Nikolaevski Prospekt, Kronstadt, St Petersburg, Russia
Aerial view of Nikolaevski Prospekt, Kronstadt, Kotlin Island, St Petersburg, Russia. Date: circa 1905

Christmas card, Russian snow scene

The Lions Roused At Last by J E Mitchell and J H Lester
Promotional music sheet for The Lions Roused At Last music hall song of 1878 by J. E. Mitchell and J. H Lester, sung with unbounded applause by Sam Torr

Ida Rubinstein with her pet tiger
The Russian dancer and actress, Ida Rubinstein, with her pet tiger which she kept in her Paris apartment along with a panther. Date: 1913

Anna Pavlova at Shepheards Hotel, Cairo
Legendary ballet dancer, Anna Pavlova, pictured at one of the tables on the famous verandah of Shepheards Hotel in Cairo, Egypt

Proposed leper colony, Siberia, Russia. 1893

Leper woman at entrance of hut, Siberia. 1893

WW1 - The War in the East - Russias progress - 1914. 1914

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