As Russia has changed in 100 years

• As Russia has changed in

100 years

About a century ago, photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky traveled the entire Russian Empire. Under the patronage of Emperor Nicholas II, he was captured in their pictures of different people and places, using its own method for developing color photos.

Several years ago, Prokudin-Gorsky photographs became Internet sensation thanks to digital technology that made it possible to turn photos into a vivid display of the beginning of XX century. A small group of enthusiasts headed strictly to places where Sergey made his pictures. The following pairs of photos, separated by a century of wars, revolutions and change of borders, are remarkable how little seems to have changed in a hundred years.

As Russia has changed in 100 years As Russia has changed in 100 years

Monument to the heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812, Polotsk, Belarus. Photo: Maxim

As Russia has changed in 100 years

The Cathedral in Mozhaisk, Moscow region, 1911/2008. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Korolistskali River, Georgia. 1912/2010. Photo: Shota Guyabidze.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

The Assumption Cathedral, Vladimir, 1911/2015. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Nilov Monastery, Tver, 1910/2010.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

The Rostov Kremlin. 1911/2009. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

The Cathedral in Mozhaisk, 1911/2010. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Railway near Kondopoga. 1916/2012. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Madrasah in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. 1911/2014. Photo: Alexander Zhurba.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Imperial Traveling palace in Borodino, Moscow region. 1911/2012. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Smolensk Kremlin. 1912/2008. Photo: Sergey Amelin.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

The church in Novaya Ladoga. 1909 / Date unknown. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Nilov Monastery, Tver. 1910/2010. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Demetrius Cathedral, Vladimir. 1911/2009. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Torzhok, 1910/2010. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Chusovaia River near the village of Sloboda, 1912/2011. Photo: Pavel Raspopov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Vitebsk, Belarus, 1912/2012. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Perm, 1909/2012. Photo: Vitaly Sizov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

A street in Ostashkov, 1910/2010. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

What's New Village, 1910/2010. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Ferapontov Monastery, Mozhaisk, 1911/2010. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

The monument to Peter the Great, Vescovo, 1911/2008. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Village Dryannovo, 1912/2015. Photo: Konstantin Kudryashov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

The Church of the Nativity in Krokhino. 1909/2013. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

The frescoes in St. John the Baptist church in Yaroslavl, 1911/2011. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Ferapontov Monastery, 1911/2012. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

The church in Yaroslavl, 1911/2009. Photo: Anton Moiseev.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Tobolsk, the view from the city's cathedral, 1912/2012. Photo: Timur Karymov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Nilov Monastery, Tver, 1910/2010. Photo: Ratnikov.

As Russia has changed in 100 years

Church in Anhimovo, 1909/2013. Photo: Ratnikov.

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