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Russia and Eastern Europe in Rare Photographs, 1860- 1945

Original Russian and East European photographs from the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries, in more than 150 albums.

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Trotsky, Lenin, Kamenev. Digital ID: 51923

Trotsky, Lenin, Kamenev. Digital ID: 51923

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Akt sdachi pamiatnika, sooruzhennago na sredstva selskago naseleniia gubernii Tsarstva Polskago Imperatoru Aleksandru II-u v gorodie Chenstokhovie. (1890)

[Al'bom Dukhovnoi Missii]. (1881?)

[Al'bom fotografii prepodavatelei i uchenikov Imperatorskoi akademii khudozhestv.] (1893)

Al'bom geliograviur s kartin Russkikh khudozhnikov. (N.D.)

[Al'bom Kostromskoi gubernskoi zemskoi vystavki, ustroennoi v oznamenovie 300-lietiia tsarstvovaniia Doma Romanovykh, v. g. Kostromie, v 1913 g.] (1913)

Al'bom ofitserskikh polkovykh grupp. Gvardeiskii korpus. (18-?)

Al'bom poiezdki komandy Sieverskago dragunskago polka iz goroda Vladikavkaza, cherez glavnyi khrebet Kavkazskikh gor, v g. Gori i obratno (1886)

Al'bom portretov byvshikh kadet i kadetskago korpusa. (1884?)

Al'bom suvorovskikh polei srazhenii... (1900)

Al'bom vidov Solovetskogo monastyria i snimkov drevnostei i dostoprimechatel'nostei khraniashchihsia v ee riznitse. ([18-?])

[Al'bom vidov Uspenskoi Kievo-Pecherskoi lavry i snimkov drevnostei i dostoprimiechatel'nostei khraniashchikhsia v eia riznitsie.] (n.d.)

Al'bom. Vnut. vidy Remeslennoi vystavki. Ego Imperatorskomu Vysochestvu Velikomu Kniaziu Vladimiru Aleksandrovichu. Vidi sniaty fotografom S. Rubinovichem 1885 goda. (1885)

Albom Borovicheskoi oblastnoi selsko-khoziaistvennoi, kustarnoi i promyshlennoi vystavki, 1894. (1894)

Albom fotograficheskikh portretov avgustieishikh osob i lits, izviestnykh v Rossii. (1865)

Albom fotograficheskikh snimkov s tserkovnoi arkhitektury v IAroslavskoi gubernii i s Kniazhikh teremov v Rostove. (1883-84?)

Albom Georgievskago Balaklavskago monastyria v Krymu. (1900?)

Albom izdannyi ko dniu 75 letniago iubileia L. Gv. 1 Strielkovago Ego Velichestva polka : [1856-1931]. (1931)

Albom obraztsov kharakternago starinnago narodnago uzornago shit'ia, tkan'ia i russkikh kruzhev. (1888?)

Albom snimkov drevnostei i dostoprimiechatelnostei khraniashchikhsia v riznitsie Arkh¯iereiskago doma v Iaroslavlie. ([18-?])

Albom vidov tserkvei Estliandskoi gubernii / sooruzhennykh pod viedieniem Revelskago Nabliudatelnago Komiteta po postroikie tserkvei prichtovykh i shkolnykh zdanii ; predsedatel A.A. Shirinskii-Shikhm.... (1889?)

Albom voenno-pokhodnoi svietopisi Rushchukskago otriada. ([1878?])

[Album of photographs of landscapes around Lankorona-Izdebnik presented to the Archduke of Austria, Rainer (1827-1913) on January 11, 1897.] (1906)

Aleksandro-Nevskaia lavra v S. Peterburgie : fotografichesk¯ii albom. (1874)

Banska Bystrica. (1964)

Blagosostoianie detei Sovetskogo Soiuza. ([194-])

The Caucasus : an album of photographs. ([187-?])

Domik Petra Velikago v Vologdie. (1887)

Drevnosti rossiiskago gosudarstva. (1849-1853)

Eia Imperatorskago Vysochestva Velikoi Knia[zh]ny Anastastii Nikolaevny Voenno-sanitarnyi poiezd No. 61. ([1916?])

European Russia; portraits, cities and villages, street scenes and country views, ethnic and occupational types. Album of pictures collected by George Kennan. [Compiled by the] New York Public Library.... ([188-])

Fasady zdan¯iia i vnutrenn¯ii vid masterskikh tipograf¯ii vtorago otdielen¯iia sobstvennoi Ego Imperatorskago Velichestva kantseliar¯ii. (1876)

Fotografichesk¯ie snimki biustov Imperatorov Nikolaia I i Aleksandra II. ([188-?])

Fotograf¯ii Khersonisskago khrama bliz Sevastopolia. (189-?)

Fotograf¯ii Novgorodskago muzeia. ([1893])

G.Tikhvin i Tikhvinskaia sistema, 26-go iiulia 1887 g. (1887)

Gospital Krasnago kresta pri Minskom blag. O-vie "Dobrochinnost". ([1916])

Gulag prisoners at work, 1936-1937. (1936-1937)

[Humpolec and its environs, 1890-1990.] ([1890-1990])

Imperatorskaia okhota vo vladieniiakh Lovichskago kniazhestva v 1884 g. (1886)

Istoricheskoe opisanie postroeniia v Moskvie Khrama vo imia Khrista Spasitelia. (1869)

Istorichesk¯ie vidy v gorodie Kostromie i selie Korobovie. (1878?)

Iz moego alboma : shestdesiat fotograficheskikh snimkov Eia Imperatorskago Velichestva Gosudaryni Imperatritsy Aleksandry Feodorovny. ([1915?])

Khrama vo imia Khrista Spasitelia v Moskvie. ([188-?])

Khrama vo imia Khrista Spasitelia v Moskvie. ([188-?])

Khudozhestvenno-fotograf¯icheskii al'bom russk¯iia drevnosti i pamiatnikov pravoslav¯iia Kholmsko-Podliashskoi Rusi (Liublinskoi i Siedletskoi gub.) (1891)

Khudozhestvennyi albom fotografii s natury / khudozhnik i fotograf Imperatorskoi akademii khudozhestv Karelin. (18--?)

Khudozhestvennyi albom fotografii s natury / [microform] / khudozhnika Karelina, fotograf Imperatorskoi akademii khudozhestv. ([1885])

Krasnoe Selo. (1931)

Lietuvos Kryziai [Lithuanian Crosses] (1926)

Materialy dlia istorii Imperatorskago Moskovskago vospitatelnago doma.

Morozov House. (before1917)

Moskovskii publichnyi i Rumiantsovskii muzei. (186-?)

Moskva. Gorodskie riady. (1890)

Moskva. Vid s khrama Khrista Spasitelia v 1867 godu. (1886)

Novogeorg¯ievsk : 1884. (1884)

Ocherki Tverskoi stariny : Gorod Torzhok. ([18--?])

[Odessa : an album] (1900-1909?)

Olonetskaia gubern¯iia. ([188-?])

Otryvki iz dnevnika Krasnogo Petrograda. 1918-1920 g.g. ([192-?])

Pamiatnik iz turetskikh orudii v S.-Peterburgie, ego sooruzhenie i torzhestvennoe otkrytie 12 oktiabria 1886 g. ; Vospominanie o turetskoi voinie 1877-1878 godov. : s chertezhami / sostavil G.M. Zhit.... (1889)

Pervaia vystavka rossiiskago narodnago uzornago shit'ia, ustroennaia v 1883-1884 g. K. Dalmatovym v S. Peterburgie. (N.D.)

Pervyi sviatoi i serdechnyi dolg vernopoddannykh Russkago Tsaria.... (1891)

Petergof'. (1894)

[Photograph of N. Gumilev.]

[Photograph portrait of a member of Russian royal family].

Photographs and personal letters, 1904-1928. (1904-28)

[Photographs of the Russian Imperial family held in the Slavic and Baltic Division of the New York Public Library.] (18--?)

Photographs, 1917-1937. (1917-37.)

Photographs, 1950s. (195-?)

[Photos from the early Soviet period : miscellaneous subjects, 1918-1934.] (1918-1934)

[Pogrzeb Marszalka Jozefa Pilsudskiego.] (1935?)

Pokhodnyi ochag i vagon-kukhnya. (1895)

Pokrovskii K¯ievsk¯ii Zhensk¯ii Obshchezhitelnyi Monastyr. ([19--?])

Poland in photographs, 1939-1944.

Politekhnicheskaia vystavka 1872 : pochtovyi otdel. (1872)

Portraits of Russian political exiles and convicts, with some additional photographs depicting the life of both political and common criminals in Siberia,collected and presented to the New York Public.... (1920)

Posieshchen¯ie vysochaishimi osobami Zlatoustovskikh kazennykh gornykh zavodov (1904)

Pravoslavnaia tserkov v gorodie Lodzi. (1884)

Prebyvan¯ie Imperatora Vilgelma II v Ross¯ii 1888 g. (1888)

Risunki pamiatnikov chinam 12-go korpusa pavshim v voine 1877-78 gg. v Bolgarii. ([1878?])

[Russia : Views and Scenes.] ([1892-1944])

Russia. Komissiya dlya issledovaniya Khar'kovo-Nikolayevskoi zheleznoi dorogi. (188-?)

[The Russian revolution--events and personalities : an album of photographs / collected by Bessie Beatty.] (1917-1918)

Sakhalin, the island of exile: Photograph collection of the Russian island penal colony during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (1894-1905)

Samarskii kafedral'nyi sobor vo imia Spasa, s pridielami vo imia sv. Blagoviernago Velikago Kniazia Aleksandra Nevskago i chtimykh pravoslavnoiu tserkov'iu 4-go Aprielia Sviatykh. (190-?)

Sbornik starinno-russkikh, slavianskikh bukv, zastavits i kaemok dlia knigopechatnoi i perepletnago, gravirovalnago i vyshivnago diel / sostavlen K.D. Dalmatovym. (1895)

Sevastopol v 1855-1856 g. : 25 fototipicheskikh snimkov s riedkago fotograficheskaogo alboma. (1893)

Soviet Russia in its early years : A collection of photographs presented to the New York Public Library. (1923)

Suzdalskie monastyri : Spaso-Evfimievskii, Pokrivskii, [Rispolozhenskii] Prepodobenskii : albom vidov i snimkov drevnostei i dostoprimechatel'nostei, khraniashchikhsia v ikh riznitsakh. (ca. 188-?)

Tipy russkikh kolonistov v S. Sh.S.A. : Sektanty, fermera, rybaki, uglekopy, i dr.; albom fotograficheskikh snimkov. (191-?)

[Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, 1850-1935, a collection of portraits of the first president of Czechoslovakia.] (1935?)

Torgovye riady na Krasnoi ploshchadi v Moskvie. (1893)

[Troitskaia Lavra i Prep. Sergii Radonezhskii; al'bom fotografii.] ([1850-1916])

Troitsk¯ii sobor v Ipat¯ievskom monastyrie : remont, 1911-1913 g. (1911-1913)

Turkestanskaia vystavka 1886 g. (1886)

Turkestanskaia vystavka 1890 g. ([1890])

[Vidy g. Koly. ([1850-1916])

Vidy g. Novgoroda i ego okrestnostei (1883)

[Vidy g. Sol'vychegodska i ego dostoprimiechatel'nostei. ([1850-ca. 1900])

Vidy g. Tot'my. (18-?)

Vidy g. Velikago-Ustiuga. ([18--?])

Vidy goroda S. Peterburga. (s.n., 1900?)

Vidy goroda Shlissel'burga.

Vidy goroda Vytegry i eia okrestnostei (1884)

Vidy Kieva. ([190-?])

Vidy Kieva. ([ca. 187-?])

Vidy Kishineva i ego okrestnostei. ([1889?])

Vidy Krasnago Sela.

Vidy Peterburga. (1895?)

[Vidy S. Peterburga]. ([191-?])

Vidy Smolenska i Borodinskago polia. ([18--?])

Vidy Sviato-Troitskoi Serg¯ievoi Lavry i eia okrestnostei. ([18--?])

Vidy Tikhvinskago bol'sh. monastyria. V pamiat' piatisot [sic 1] lietiia. 1383-1883. (1883)

Vidy tserkvei i zdan¯ii Moskovskago stavropig¯ialnago pervoklassnago Simonova monastyria : 28-go marta 1893 goda. ([18--?])

Vidy Valaamskago monastyria. (1945)

Vidy Vserossiiskoi khudozhestvennoi promyshlennoi vystavki 1896 g. Nizhnem Novgorodie. (1896?)

[Views of the city and harbor of Archangel ; an album.] (n.d.)

[Views of the city of Stalingrad : an album]. ([1933])

Vsem¯irnaia kolumbova vystavka 1893 goda v Chikago : Russk¯ii otdiel. ([ca. 1893])

Zakaspiiskaia voennaia zhelieznaia doroga.

[Prebyvan¯ie ikh Imperatorskikh Velichestv v Brest-Litovske, v Vysoko-Litovske i Spale]. ([188-?])

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