"The surroundings Russia"
Photos of late 19th and early 20th century
Fotografy: Proskudin-Gorsky and Leo Reinberg
Composer and performer - Dmitry Khomenko
Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky (18 (30) in August 1863, Funikova Mountain, Pokrovsky district,
Vladimir province, Russian Empire - September 27, 1944, Paris, France) - Russian photographer, chemist (student Mendeleev),
inventor, publisher, teacher and public activist, a member of the Imperial Russian Geographical, the Imperial Russian Technical
and Russian Photographic Society.
He has made a significant contribution to the development of photography and cinematography.
Pioneer of color photography in Russia, the creator of "Collections attractions of the Russian Empire."
Thanks to Russian avtohromistam now possible to see in color, which was pre-revolutionary Russia.
One of Photographers, who worked alongside Prokudin-Gorsky, Lev Rheinberg.
Rheinberg was born in 1878 in St. Petersburg in the family of a nobleman. He was fond of singing, music and photography.
After graduating from the St. Petersburg Institute of Railway Engineers he worked on the construction of roads in Arkhangelsk,
Voronezh, Novgorod, and later served in the Ministry of Railways.