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Russian Collection (page 23)

Background imageRussian Collection: Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna - wife of Tsar Alexander III

Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna - wife of Tsar Alexander III
Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark, wife of Tsar Alexander III and sister of Queen Alexandra of Great Britain

Background imageRussian Collection: Russian Serf / Peasant - A Muzhik

Russian Serf / Peasant - A Muzhik
Muzhik or mujik - a Russian peasant, usually from pre-1917 Imperial Russia. The term confers a certain degree of poverty, as most muzhiks were serfs before the 1861 agricultural reforms

Background imageRussian Collection: Fortune Telling on Christmastide

Fortune Telling on Christmastide
Two Russian girls Fortune Telling on Christmastide. Date: 1888

Background imageRussian Collection: Russian-Japanese War (1904-1905). Japanese soldiers

Russian-Japanese War (1904-1905). Japanese soldiers
" Russian-Japanese War (1904-1905). Japanese soldiers disembarked in Port Adams firing against a hospital-train coming from Port Arthur. Picture of " Le Petit Journal". Engraving

Background imageRussian Collection: Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia(1657-1704). Regent

Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia(1657-1704). Regent of Russian Tsardom (1682-1689). Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles

Background imageRussian Collection: German holding up the other Central Powers

German holding up the other Central Powers
Russian caricature from WWI era showing Germany struggling to support the failing efforts of their allies, the other Central Powers, The Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria (?). Date: circa 1917

Background imageRussian Collection: Russian battleship Slava, WW1

Russian battleship Slava, WW1
The Russian pre-dreadnought Borodino-class battleship Slava, launched 1903, served in the Baltic Sea during the First World War, sunk October 1917. Seen here flying the Russian Navy Jack flag

Background imageRussian Collection: Russian deserters forced back, WW1

Russian deserters forced back, WW1
Two demoralised Russian soldiers, on the point of deserting, are forced back by a loyal soldier on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1917

Background imageRussian Collection: Russian machine gunners on eastern front, WW1

Russian machine gunners on eastern front, WW1
Russian machine gunners in action with a Maxim gun on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1917

Background imageRussian Collection: Flags of the Allied countries during WWI

Flags of the Allied countries during WWI circa 1916

Background imageRussian Collection: Coco Chanel and Grand Duchess Marie of Russia

Coco Chanel and Grand Duchess Marie of Russia
An impression of royal Russian exile, Grand Duchess Marie being given a tour of Mademoiselle Chanels salon in Paris in the early 1920s

Background imageRussian Collection: General Gunther von Kirchbach reviewing troops, Kiev

General Gunther von Kirchbach reviewing troops, Kiev
Lieutenant General Gunther Emanuel Graf von Kirchbach (1850-1925) reviewing Ukrainian troops at Kiev towards the end of the First World War

Background imageRussian Collection: Primula Juliae (Juliana Primrose)

Primula Juliae (Juliana Primrose), a flowering plant of the Primulaceae family, named after the person who discovered it in April 1900 in the Caucasus Mountains of south west Russia

Background imageRussian Collection: Totem poles, Khanty Mansiysk museum, Russia

Totem poles, Khanty Mansiysk museum, Russia
A display of carved totem poles of the Mansi tribe at the open air Okrug Ethnographic Museum (Torum Maa) in Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia

Background imageRussian Collection: Lenin monument in Zaporozhye, Ukraine

Lenin monument in Zaporozhye, Ukraine
View of the statue of the Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) on a monument in Zaporozhye (or Zaporizhia), in south central Ukraine

Background imageRussian Collection: Princess Olga Paley and Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich

Princess Olga Paley and Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich
Princess Olga Valerianovna Paley (1865 - 1929), the second wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (1860 - 1918) (pictured - left)

Background imageRussian Collection: A Russian soldier kissing the cross before leaving for the front

A Russian soldier kissing the cross before leaving for the front

Background imageRussian Collection: Poster;russia & Ukraine

Poster;russia & Ukraine
the Rallying-Cry of the Ukrainian and Russian : the White Poles Will Never Lord it over the Workers !

Background imageRussian Collection: Punch Cartoon 1899

Punch Cartoon 1899
The open mouth : or, the integrity of China. The British Lion and the Russian Bear try to get their hands on a scared Johnny Chinaman

Background imageRussian Collection: Russian Virgin Vision

Russian Virgin Vision
At the outbreak of hostilities, Russian soldiers are encouraged by a vision of the Virgin Mary, but she is unable to save them from defeat



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