Site of the imprisonment of the Vorotynskii princes [Kirillo-Belozerskii Monastery..., 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky.

Site of the imprisonment of the Vorotynskii princes [Kirillo-Belozerskii Monastery..., 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky.

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Site of the imprisonment of the Vorotynskii princes [Kirillo-Belozerskii Monastery, Kirillov, Russian Empire], 1909. The Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery (in present-day Vologda Oblast, northern Russia), was founded by Cyril of Beloozero in 1397. During the reign of Ivan IV, better known as "The Terrible", the monastery was both a retreat and a prison, a convenient place for the czar to dump his opponents into exile. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) was a pioneer in colour photography which he used to document early 20th-century Russia and her empire, including the vanishing way of life of tribal peoples along the Silk Route in Central Asia. In a railway-carriage darkroom provided by Czar Nicholas II, Prokudin-Gorsky used the three-colour photography process to record traditional costumes and occupations, churches and mosques - many now Unesco World Heritage sites - as well as modernisation in agriculture, industry and transport.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky, attributed to: Russian: Photographer, chemist

Medium
  1. Color separation negatives
  2. Glass negatives
  3. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Still image

Category Hierarchy

Locations & Buildings Places of Worship

Religion & Belief Christianity

Society & Culture Law & Crime


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x4337
File Size : 63,023kb


Aliases

  1. 2018678968
  1. 1010038772
  1. 2018678968
  1. 3-007-104
  1. 3007104

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