Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Views along the upper Volga River, from Kashin to Makarev, Russian Empire, photographic print

Photographic survey of the upper Volga River region, primarily between Kashin and Makarev. Many views show religious facilities (monasteries, cathedrals, churches, and chapels). Includes images of religious articles (chalices, habits, frescoes, icons, iconostases, relics, sepulchres, shrouds, tabernacles, vestments) as well as items associated with Catherine the Great, Peter the Great, and Emperor Nicholas I. Also includes views of cities, towns, villages, settlements, and rivers, and occasional images of river activities and factories. Includes two images of the Romanov home in Kostroma, and one portrait of a group of peasants.

Hand-written Russian captions accompany most prints.

Digitized images of items and album pages display with their associated catalog records in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog.

Forms part of: Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich Prokudin-Gorskiĭ collection.

volga river region russia architecture volga river region cities and towns religious articles religious facilities villages waterways cityscape photographs landscape photographs photograph albums photographic prints russian russia si e intldl lot 10340 sergei mikhailovich prokudin gorskii photo volga river russian empire ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress

01/01/1910

Library of Congress

https://www.loc.gov/item/2001696389/

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