Russian Collection (page 20)

SOCIAL / RUSSIAN TRAIN 20C
People buy food and drink from a tea seller at a country railway station. Date: 1913

RUSSIAN AFTERNOON TEA
Russians are served tea from a samovar on the table. Date: 1889

RACIAL / RUSSIAN COSSACKS
Three Cossacks, one mounted on a white horse Date: 1910

RUSSIAN WORKERS GROUP
A very large group of Russian factory workers all stare out at the camera Date: 1920

Vaslav Nijinsky - Blue God
VASLAV NIJINSKY Russian ballet dancer and choreographer in a Bakst costume for the Ballets Russes production of Le Dieu Bleu Date: 1890 - 1950

WW1 / RUSSIAN ARTILLERY
A Russian artillery piece. Date: 1914

JINGO MEETING 1878
Anti-Russian jingoes meet in the Guildhall, London - We dont want to fight, but by Jingo, if we do, weve got the ships, weve got the men, weve got the money too ! Date: 1878

RUSSIA V BULGARIA 968
A Russian force, led by Svyatoslav, Prince of Kiev, hired at great expense by Byzantine emperor Nicephorus II Phocas, defeats the Bulgarian armies Date: 968

Russian Gendarmerie and border guards. Date: 1898

MINES AT PORT ARTHUR
A Japanese battleship sails dangerously close to Russian mines placed there in defence of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japan war Date: 1904

NICOLAS II / KREMLIN GATE
NICOLAS II OF RUSSIA Russian Tsar riding out of the Kremlin via the Spassky Gate Date: 1913

PETER I / MACLISE / DEPTFORD
PETER I the Great In 1697/8 he toured western Europe picking up ideas : here he is studying shipbuilding at Deptford, on the Thames east of London Date: 1682 - 1725

PETER I the Great Date: 1682 - 1725

AN OFFENSIVE PHOTO
When Russian dancer Tamara Swirskaya is photographed on the steps of the Loggetta del Sansovino, Venezia, there are protests against the desecration of a sacred site Date: 1920

LEON TROTSKY / SIMPLICISSI
LEON TROTSKY or LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN Russian Communist leader, clearly out of favour by 1928, having been expelled from the Party the year before Date: 1879 - 1940

1909 / RUSSIAN TYRANT
The Russian tyrant is kicked out by Socialism. Date: 1909

Russian Finns, hand to hand
Finland : a fierce hand-to- hand combat between Finns and Russians in the snow : the Soviet troops locate their enemy by the fires they light against the extreme cold Date: December 1939

COSSACK ALLIES 1813
Cossack allies welcomed by the people of Hamburg Date: 18 March 1813

1897 / RUSSIA / PETERHOF
The royal residence at Peterhof, known as The Russian Versailles, founded by Peter the Great. Date: 1897

RUS / JAP WAR / CRUISERS
After the surrender of Port Arthur, the Russian cruisers Oley and Aurora flee to Manila Date: January 1905

RUSSIANS ENTER PARIS 1814
The allies enter Paris - the Russian contingent : Cossacks with their plunder Date: 1814

OBSERVATORY AT PULKOVO
Russian government observatory at Pulkovo Date: 1888

MAP / NORTH AMERICA C1800
A fascinating map of North America, from the Russian settlements in the NW via the territory of the Long-Hair Indians to New Albion and Tecas (sic) Date: circa 1800

RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR / WALE
China - Ambassadors at their Audience. The Emperor of China receives the Russian Ambassador. Date: 1752

RUSSIAN BAPTISM
Baptism ceremony in the Russian Orthodox Church - the Bishop holds up the child over the font Date: early 19th century

SCENERY - STEPPES
Scene on the Russian steppe, with feather grass (stipa pennata) and other wild flora Date: 1913

GRASS ON STEPPE
Scene on the Russian steppe, with feather grass (stipa pennata) and other wild flora Date: 1913

RUSSIA / STEPPE SCENE
Scene on the Russian steppe, with feather grass (stipa pennata) and other wild flora Date: 1913

POLITICS / DIPLOMACY / 1752
Emperor of China receives Russian Ambassador Date: 1752

SHARPENING SCYTHE
A Russian peasant sharpening his scythe Date: 1914

NICOLAS II / COSTUME / 1890
NICOLAS II OF RUSSIA Russian Tsar with Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna in theatrical costume (for the play Eugenie Onegin) Date: circa 1890

WATCHING MOSCOW BURN
When his Russian expedition proves disastrous, he watches Moscow burn... Date: 1812

Napoleon and Cossacks at Battle of Brienne
At Brienne, Napoleon is surprised by a band of Cossacks, only narrowly avoiding capture. The Battle of Brienne (fought on January 29th 1814)

CRIMEA / RUSSIAN MINES
British ships Merlin and Firefly struck by Russian infernal machines (mines) Date: 1854

Izba Interior
Interior of an IZBA - a well- to-do Russian peasant home, with an ikon, decorated stove (with someone asleep on it !), ornamental woodwork Date: early 19th century

Fire bird, mythological creature
The hero of this Russian folk- tale plucks a feather from the tail of the Fire Bird as it imprudently passes within arms reach

MILITARY / COSSACK RIDING
A Russian Cossack of the Imperial Guard on horseback with lance. Date: circa 1870

Tsar Nicolas I (1796 - 1855) reviewing his guard. Date: circa 1840

Wolves attack villagers on the Russia-Latvia border
On the Russia-Latvia border, wolves are driven by the hard winter to attack villagers. Date: 1939

Opening session of the First State Duma, Russia
The opening session of the short-lived First State Duma (legislative assembly), which lasted until July but was deadlocked when radicals challenged fundamental laws. Date: April 1906

A fair in Russia in 1803 Date: 1803

Giant Russian Vase
Large vase in porcelain and a jasper vase, Imperial Factory, Russia (At Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace) Date: 1851

The Inauguration (on 30th August, 1907) of The equestrian Monument to the Tsar Liberator in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria

Farnborough 92 - Russian Air Force TK
Farnborough 92 - Russian Air Force Sukhoi TK (Su-39) Red 10 Date: 1992

Farnborough 92 - Yak-38M - Yellow 38
Farnborough 92 - Russian Naval Aviation (Aviatsiya Voenno-morskovo Flota Rossii) - Yakovlev Yak-38M - Yellow 38. Detail of the rear fuselage and lift/cruise engines port exhaust nozzle. Date: 1992

Ilysuhin Il-78 at Fairford
Ilyushin 11-78 Blue 34 (1013404138) from Long-Range Aviation, Russian Air Force, at the 1993 Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 21 to 27 July 1993. Date: 1993

Tu-95MS at Fairford
Tupolev Tu-95MS ?Bear-H? 20 (34108) from Mozgok of the Russian Air Force, at the 1993 Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 21 to 27 July 1993. Date: 1993

View of the monument to the Russian writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809-1852) in Moscow, Russia. It was erected in 1909 on Prechistensky Boulevard

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