Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

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Leonid Andreev, one of the last representatives of the Silver Age of Russian literature in pre-revolutionary Russia, was born 146 years ago, on August 21, 1871. He was also a pioneer of photography, working with the autochromic process — the world's first technology of color photography, patented by the Lumiere brothers.

Most of the photos presented with the writer's family and friends were taken between 1910 and 1914. The pictures of family life taken either in Andreev's house on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, or in Italy, where he plays with his children, spends time on a yacht, rests in the evening or works late at night, are distinguished by a serene and quiet atmosphere, despite the writer's far from easy life and fate. Some of the works are portraits of Andreev, in which he appears thoughtful and even slightly wary. As a man of many talents, Leonid Andreev noticed: "If I were a king, I would make everyone take pictures."

It is noteworthy that these photos from a century ago look as if they were taken in our time.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday
Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

Self-portrait in the mirror, 1903.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

Self-portrait of 1910.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

1907.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

The writer's son Vadim Andreev, 1909.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

Andreev's son Daniel, 1912.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

The second wife of the writer Anna Andreeva, Marseille, 1910.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

Anna Andreeva, Rome, 1914.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

1911.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

 

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

Anna Andreeva.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

The son of the writer Savva, 1908.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

Sunset over the village of Vammelsu, where the writer had his own house "Advance".

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

Anna Andreeva, Vammels.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

1912, Vammels — the place was very popular among summer residents from St. Petersburg.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

The Mystical Head, 1908-1914.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

The writer's Sons, Koivisto Island, 1913.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

 

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

Savva Andreev.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

 

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

Savva and Vera Andreeva.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

Leonid and Anna Andreeva in the garden of their house.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

1910.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

Wammels, winter 1910.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

1908-1914.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

Leonid Andreev, Philip Dobrov and Daniil Andreev, Vammels, 1912.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

Self-portrait, 1910.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

Andreev on the background of copies that he made from sketches by the artist Goya, Vammels, 1910s.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

 

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

With his son Savva.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

At work, 1910s.

Russia of the 1910s: 30 photos from a Russian writer look as if they were taken yesterday

At a desk in an office in your own home.

Keywords: XX century | Pre-revolutionary era | Writer | Russian Empire

     

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