{"id":13263,"date":"2010-08-20T14:04:44","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T12:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=13263"},"modified":"2010-08-20T14:05:34","modified_gmt":"2010-08-20T12:05:34","slug":"russia-in-color-100-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/20\/russia-in-color-100-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia in color, 100 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/\">Big Picture<\/a> has yet another amazing collection of photographs. \u00a0This time it consists of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2010\/08\/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html\">color pictures of Russia, Georgia,\u00a0Uzbekistan,\u00a0Kazakhstan\u00a0and a few other areas a whole century ago<\/a>. \u00a0Some of these images are beautiful. \u00a0Like this picture of \ufeffNikolaevskii Cathedral from southwest in Mozhaisk in 1911.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2010\/08\/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13264\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/20\/russia-in-color-100-years-ago\/nikolaevskii_cathedral_mozhaisk\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/nikolaevskii_cathedral_mozhaisk.jpg?fit=990%2C672&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"990,672\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nikolaevskii cathedral in Mozhaisk\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/nikolaevskii_cathedral_mozhaisk.jpg?fit=660%2C448&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13264\" title=\"Nikolaevskii cathedral in Mozhaisk\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/nikolaevskii_cathedral_mozhaisk-500x339.jpg?resize=500%2C339&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/nikolaevskii_cathedral_mozhaisk.jpg?resize=500%2C339&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/nikolaevskii_cathedral_mozhaisk.jpg?resize=160%2C108&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/nikolaevskii_cathedral_mozhaisk.jpg?resize=75%2C50&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/nikolaevskii_cathedral_mozhaisk.jpg?w=990&amp;ssl=1 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I see things like this, it often makes me think about the church and how it abuses and explores the poor people. \u00a0It&#8217;s not only now, it must have always been like this.<\/p>\n<p>Or here is another picture. Pinkhus Karlinskii, eighty-four years old with sixty-six years of service. \u00a0Photo taken in 1909.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2010\/08\/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13265\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/20\/russia-in-color-100-years-ago\/pinkhus_karlinksii\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/pinkhus_karlinksii.jpg?fit=990%2C754&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"990,754\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pinkhus Karlinksii\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/pinkhus_karlinksii.jpg?fit=660%2C503&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13265\" title=\"Pinkhus Karlinksii\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/pinkhus_karlinksii-500x380.jpg?resize=500%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/pinkhus_karlinksii.jpg?resize=500%2C380&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/pinkhus_karlinksii.jpg?resize=160%2C121&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/pinkhus_karlinksii.jpg?resize=75%2C57&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/pinkhus_karlinksii.jpg?w=990&amp;ssl=1 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just think about it! It&#8217;s not a painting, but a photograph, and a colored one at that, of someone who was born around 1825! \u00a0Almost two centuries ago. \u00a0Wow!<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Big Picture has yet another amazing collection of photographs. \u00a0This time it consists of color pictures of Russia, Georgia,\u00a0Uzbekistan,\u00a0Kazakhstan\u00a0and a few other areas a whole century ago. \u00a0Some of these images are beautiful. \u00a0Like this picture of \ufeffNikolaevskii Cathedral from southwest in Mozhaisk in 1911. When I see things like this, it often makes me &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/20\/russia-in-color-100-years-ago\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Russia in color, 100 years ago<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,30],"tags":[286,2909],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-13263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-photography","tag-history","tag-russia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13018,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/03\/wildfires-of-russia\/","url_meta":{"origin":13263,"position":0},"title":"Wildfires of Russia","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Hundreds of wildfires followed last week all time high high temperature and drought. \u00a0Dry forests and wind is not the best combination for fire safety. \u00a0As a result, more than 40 people dead and more than 1500 houses burned down across the country. \u00a0And with no changes in the weather,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/russia_forest_fire.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13127,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/06\/smoke\/","url_meta":{"origin":13263,"position":1},"title":"Smoke","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 6, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I few days ago I wrote about wildfires all over Russia. \u00a0The situation is still very serious. \u00a0In those places where the fire has been put out, the smoke is still a problem. \u00a0 Here is, for example, a picture of the Red Square in Moscow.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/red_square-500x333.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14927,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/22\/victory-day-photography\/","url_meta":{"origin":13263,"position":2},"title":"Victory Day photography","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"May 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm catching up with some of my RSS subscriptions, so this is a few days late. \u00a0On May 9th, Russia and other ex-USSR countries celebrate the Victory Day over the Nazi Germany in the World War II. \u00a0Big Picture has an excellent collection of photos covering the celebrations.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Victory_Day-500x368.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8080,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/19\/picture-of-the-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":13263,"position":3},"title":"Picture of the day","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 19, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Olga and I went for a walk today in the Luna Park. 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