For the first time since the Russian Revolution, the Soviet government has opened up its great photographic archives to the West. Here is the first selection from this treasure trove of photographs of pre-revolutionary Russia: from the archives of the Centre for Film and Photographic Archive, Leningrad; Central Archive for Russian Film and Photography, Krasnogorsk; State History Museum, Moscow; Leningrad Public Library; Hermitage Museum, Leningrad; State Museum, Leningrad and State Literature Museum, Moscow.
Language
English
Pages
260
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Release
October 25, 1989
ISBN
0394580311
ISBN 13
9780394580319
Portrait of Tsarist Russia: Unknown Photographs from the Soviet Archives
For the first time since the Russian Revolution, the Soviet government has opened up its great photographic archives to the West. Here is the first selection from this treasure trove of photographs of pre-revolutionary Russia: from the archives of the Centre for Film and Photographic Archive, Leningrad; Central Archive for Russian Film and Photography, Krasnogorsk; State History Museum, Moscow; Leningrad Public Library; Hermitage Museum, Leningrad; State Museum, Leningrad and State Literature Museum, Moscow.