Color photos of Russia in 1896 (24 photos)

An interesting series of photos of Tsarist Russia, to make a professional Czech photographer Frantisek Kratky spring of 1896. He arrived in Russia to capture the coronation of Nicholas II. He visited Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod.

Moscow. Carrying icons


Moscow. Bolshoi Theatre


Moscow. Collector charitable contributions


Petersburg. Vasilievsky Island.


Petersburg. Exchange


Petersburg. Anichkov Bridge


Petersburg. Egyptian Bridge


Moscow. Plevna Chapel


Petersburg


Petersburg. Conca


Petersburg. Port


Petersburg. Port


Nizhny Novgorod. Floating hotel




Peterhof. Cascades


Tsarskoye Selo. Catherine Palace


Petersburg. Monument to Peter the Great (Bronze Horseman)


Petersburg. Market


Petersburg. Market


Petersburg. Nevsky Prospekt


Moscow. Coronation procession at the hotel "Paris»


Moscow. Beer at Khodynka


Moscow. "Hurrah emperor!" At Khodynka


Moscow. Tragedy at Khodynka