Initially these photographs were black-and-white, but the colorist Olga Shirnina restored the correct colors invisible to the cameras of the early and mid twentieth century.
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Nicholas II and his family, 1914
Like today: 11 color photographs of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
Grand Duchess Maria, 1906
Like today: 11 color photographs of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
Sniper Roza Shanina, 1944
Like today: 11 color photographs of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
Lyudmila Pavlichenko. The most successful female sniper in history, 1941
Like today: 11 color photographs of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
Yuri Gagarin, Moscow, 1965
Like today: 11 color photographs of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
The first passengers of the Moscow metro, 1935
Like today: 11 color photographs of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
Worker and foreman, 1954
Like today: 11 color photographs of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
Peasant family, Perm district, 1900
Like today: 11 color photographs of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
The parade of athletes, 1937
Like today: 11 color photographs of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
Mikhail Bulgakov, 1928
Like today: 11 color photographs of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union