Incredible colour pictures of pre-Revolution Russia
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Incredible colour pictures of pre-Revolution Russia
In the 1900s, photographer Sergey-Prokudin-Gorsky was commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II to travel across Russia to capture the country in colour. Click through to take a look at the pictures.
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