Russian Collection (page 94)

Jablochkoffs electric light apparatus
Diagrams showing Jablochkoffs candle lamp. Paul Jablochkoff (1847-1894) was a Russian telegraph engineer who would rise to the post of director of telegraphs between Moscow and Kursk

Tolstoy Playing Chess
Russian author Leo Tolstoy plays chess

Pupils Learning Russian
Pupils learning Russian at Hatfield School

Russian Display 1940S
A veritable army of female gymnasts participate in a mass display, below giant Russian army flags

Russian Country House
A little girl stands on a grassy slope beneath an aristocratic country house in Russia

Russian Peasants
Russian peasants, old and young, equipped for some heavy-duty woodwork with sturdy hatchets and saws

The Electric Light
Engraving of electric light apparatus, known as the Dynamo-Electrical machine. Made by the Russian engineer M. Jablochkoff

Orphan in Bath 1925
A filthy Russian orphan is given a thorough bath

Russian Soldiers on Skis
Russian troops, using skis, have superior manoeuvrability compared with the Germans, during the harsh months of inter fighting

Racial / Russia / Children
Three Russian children with their aunt

Racial / Russia / Wedding
A Russian couple in their wedding costume

Alexander Iii / Pj 1894
ALEXANDER III Tsar of Russia (1881-94) on his deathbed, watched over by his wife

Alexandra / Ils 1901
ALEKSANDRA FYODOROVNA Empress of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicolas II, with her youngest daughter, Anastasia

Nicolas Ii / Army 1915
NICOLAS II OF RUSSIA Russian Tsar at the head of his army

Vasily Iii / Russia / Thevet
VASILY III Grand Prince of Moscow (1505-33), son and successor to Ivan III

Eliz Petrovna / Russia / Tch
ELIZABETH PETROVNA Empress of Russia (1741-62)

Catherine Ii / Cig Card
CATHERINE THE GREAT Empress of Russia (1762-96)

Igor Stravinsky / Gartmann
IGOR STRAVINSKY Russian composer

Family of Dostoievsky
ANNA SNITKINA DOSTOIEVSKY The wife, daughter and son of the Russian writer

1911 / Russia & Finland
The Russian bear ravages Finland. Date: 1911

1906 / TSAR / HOW TALL
Tsar Nicholas II greets the Russian people - How tall you ve grown in one year!

Tchaikovsky / Svischlov-Pa
PYOTR ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY Russian composer in 1890

Leon Trotsky / Jan 1918
LEON TROTSKY or LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN Russian Communist leader in the year he became the Peoples Commissar for War

Tchaikovsky / Family 1848
PYOTR ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY Russian composer (left) in 1848 with his mother, father, brothers and sisters

Russian Student Group
A group of Russian students pose for a photograph

German Tank in Snow
A German tank in the snow- covered Russian countryside. The caption claims that the Germans are successful in all weathers, but events were to prove otherwise

Moscow Postcard
Scenes of the Russian capital ingeniously presented on the wings of a butterfly with a human body, evidence that the Russians can match kitsch with anyone

Benzine motor
Photograph captioned The new power and the old potenate; Benzine motor adopted for use in the Russian army passing Peter the Greats statue

Grigori Rasputin / Lustige
GRIGORI RASPUTIN Russian mystic and court favourite caricatured with Tsar Nicholas II

RUSSIA / 1907 / GORKY
Russian writer Maxim Gorky attends a meeting of revolutionaries held in London

1909 / Russian Tyrant
Socialism expels the Russian tyrant - a somewhat premature cartoon : the Tsar has still eight years to go before his abdication

Russian Orthodox Priest
The Russian Orthodox dean of Uspenksy Convent

Custom - Flowers
When the Russian ship Bouvet is sunk during World War One, the people and their priest scatter flowers on the water

Crown Princess Defects
German Crown Princess Cecile, like her mother the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg- Schwerin, resumes her Russian nationality as Germany goes to war with Russia

Nurses Abducted
On the Russian front, Germans carry off Russian nurses - true or propaganda ?

Russian Students / C1900
Two Russian students with a variety of baggage

Russian Factory Workers
A very large group of Russian factory workers all stare out at the camera

Wolves and Sledge
An everyday scene in a Russian forest - travellers defend themselves against a pack of wolves while their horses panic

Russian Country Dance
A country dance in Little Russia (southwest Russia, including Ukraine)

Conscription / Russia 1941
Young men register to join the Russian army. Conscription was introduced on 23 June 1941

Allied War Dogs
Dogs serving with the Russian army on the Eastern front, and with the British Expeditionary Force in France on the Western Front

Anti-Aircraft Gun
An anti-aircraft gun being loaded

Russian Paper Sellers
Russian newspaper sellers line up to collect their consignments

War with Morocco - 2
Spanish, French and Russian vessels in the bay of Algeciras, in preparation for an attack on Morocco

Tolstoy Preaching
LEO TOLSTOY Russian novelist preaching to the strong to be compassionate

Bishop, Moscow
A Muscovite Bishop in his pontifical habit

Kalinin / Red Army / 1920
MIKHAIL IVANOVICH KALININ Russian politician presenting a banner to a Red Army regiment in 1920

Ww1 Bvm Sighting
The Virgin Mary appears to some Russian soldiers in a cloud which conceals them from the Germans : they believe she was protecting them, and so must be on their side

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