RUSSIA circa 1910

[rbsavant]

Unbelievable! Shockingly beautiful!! Highly aesthetic!!!

[PappyStu]

@rbsavant A peek at the past gives us a reference for the present... Thanks

[phekwig]

I didn't know there was color photography that long ago, and it's amazing that it hasn't faded... Color pics of Csarist Russia, Awesome!

[PappyStu]

@phekwig It sure is a contrast to today!

[hcanuck7]

@phekwig These are called Prokudin - Gorskii images.

[tweetnes]

Very cool! The house at 22 sec..I like it

They wear very colorful cloths

Love the hill side pic too

Nice!

[PappyStu]

@tweetnes That was a chapel on the site where the city of Belozersk was founded in ancient times, photographed in 1909. Clothes bore much more importance in those times than folks seem to apply today...

[teddybeareleventeen]

A very sturdy people. I especially like the Railway photos! Thanks for sharing mate!

[PappyStu]

@teddybeareleventeen That was a switchman on the Transsiberian RR

[battlebauble]

Wow!!! Cool you did this Pappy! Doesn't it boggle the mind these were take 100 years ago?! They are like National Geographic quality of today! Looking at the Armenian woman, I wonder, did she survive the genocide? Does she have grandchildren alive today? You wonder how different our world could have been had the Russian Revolution not happened. The what ifs all come to mind. Thanks Pappy!

[PappyStu]

@battlebauble Sometimes I think time is an illussion....

[PappyStu]

@billyCtv It was a simpler time for sure

[AxeMoose]

Well cool.

[PappyStu]

@AxeMoose Thanks Pard

[hallbe]

Who colorized the photos? They almost had an hd quality to them!

[PappyStu]

@hallbe Wish I knew... Thou looking up the history color was invented in the 1800s just very rare

[hallbe]

@PappyStu Those are defiantly colorized. Color pics from the early days were mostly warm tones.

[PappyStu]

@hallbe Seeing is believing is almost still true eh

[jtls8]

Always great to see photos of the past! Thank you!

[PappyStu]

@jtls8 Me too!!!!

[robertpina99]

Life before underarm deodorant was pretty bleak.

[PappyStu]

@robertpina99 and stinky too

[kenrg]

Ah, Mother Russia! And 1910.... just after they'd chased the last of my family across the ocean to Boston, MA...

[PappyStu]

@kenrg Sent us dey tired an dey po... *wink*

[rubyfall]

Beatyfull, a true Pappystu-video. There must be miljons of vieuwers want to see this

[PappyStu]

@rubyfall only the dead ones *wink*

[BasicModelling]

You were there?? :)

[PappyStu]

@BasicModelling ummmm would you believe yes?

[BasicModelling]

@PappyStu If YOU told me planet earth is flat, I would believe you..

You would make a very dangerous politician... :)

[PappyStu]

@BasicModelling Like George I almost can not tell a lie... And besides the world has too many already LOL

[EmCSpiteri1]

A good look into the history of a cuntry we know so little about..Thanks.

[PappyStu]

@EmCSpiteri1 Hindsight eh Compade...

[MrRandomWritings]

Interesting collection of photos there and I bet some of those places look much the same today

[PappyStu]

@MrRandomWritings I don't doubt it except two world wars and other events had an impact...