Ah yes, the Prokudin-Gorsky's photographs. The House of History channel made a video about this collection some time ago. It's worth noting that those photos are from all over the Russian Empire, including some places that are now in independent countries.
Something about all that makes me think of Russia as some far off fairy tail land, not even real. Of course I know its real, but it's kinda hard for me to imagine all those cultures under the same banner united, and I'm american (melting pot land)
@@hollowhoagie6441 unfortunately, as the years go by, more and more features of different cultures have been forgotten. True culture is only in old and far villages, but with old people die stories, fairytales, customs. Russia is big, yes, but with national politics of Alexander III and Nicolas II customs were slowly dying. And even Soviet Union (that, theoretically, was interested in saving cultural independence of different nations) was more oriented on propaganda of unity of all people under the socialist and then communist party than on cultural developing of different regions. It's sad but young people in Russia knows almost nothing about their culture, although it's not exactly their fault. In Tatarstan, near which I live, the national festivals and the language are appreciated and trying to be saved. It's funny, because slavic people know almost nothing about slavic rituals or folklore, although slowly but people are becoming more interested in their culture. And it's not because of the government's policy, no, the government is not interested in saving old customs. I think, it's because people in Russia now live in difficult time so unconsciously they are driven to the tradition to seek safety and national pride.
The discovery of Gorskii's photos, 10 years ago, was one of the most mindblowing things I'd ever seen and it's still incredibly impressive now. (0:17 was the first one I saw). Great to see this video showcasing some I have never seen before till now. Also, one of my most prized books is a collection of these, "Photographs for the Tsar", with 1:17 as the cover.
Probably one of the greatest setbacks of the fall of the Russian Empire is that a lot of brightest minds had to flee the Revolution. Engineers, scientist, writers and composers. Among them a pioneer of colour photography, Prokudin-Gorsky.
In case you didn't know the soviet union was the first who made it to space and basically invented laser eye surgery. Don't believe all the anti socialist/Soviet cold war propaganda you hear.
@@200131356 OH, don't get me wrong. Soviet Union had a great amount of fantastic achievements on its own. There is no 'if' in history, but still the Revolution was a setback
That happens during any social upheaval. People closer to ruling classes who have the means to flee will flee. Overall the revolution was an immensely positive thing for Russia.
The thumbnail is in fact a picture from my homeland, Dagestan, in the North Caucasus. I've seen it before and was very nice to see it colourised here, thank you Догъесту омбор! Doqestu ombor!
Hello AB! Could you translate this old English my dad sent me? Wyrd bið ful aræd. Thank you and please do a video on the assassination of Julius Caesar?
I will write this in Polish, couse my Ebglish is too bad. Jestem wkurozny jak myślę o Rosji jako tym wielkim hegemonie na pół świata. Po tych zdjęciach już widać jak tam wiele jest kultur, a wszystkie muszą uznać zwierzchnictwo jednej, której przez to nie szanuję. I jeszcze byłoby spoko, gdyby nie to, że Rosja nei dbała o te kultury, tylko ich się pozbywała, czy to świadomie, czy nie. Jeszcze bardziej pogorszyłk to ZSRR, które już totalnie zerwało z jakimś zachowaniem kultur, ale tutaj też sama rosyjska ucierpiała. Serio niech ktoś mi napsize, czy Rosja jakoś pozostawiała języki w spokoju, czy nie? Bo jak patrzę na mapę języków i widzę tą kreskę rosyjskiego w głąb Azji to mi smutno.... Więc jeśli ktoś wie jak było za Cesarstwa, to niech napisze.
I do not speak polish. but i will write this in English, as I was able to translate that (poorly) using translate.google.com Within the Russian empire, other cultures were not treated well. They were often forced to assimilate to the main Russian culture, and often had their land stolen from them. Just as any dominant culture does, the Russians oppressed minorities. Some cultures were able to survive this in secret, but many, such as the Siberian cultures, went all but extinct due to both pressure from Russia and from diseases like smallpox. The USSR treated minorities worse, forcing many out of their homeland, even causing a famine to force Ukrainians out of eastern Ukraine. Some cultures still survive to this day, such as the Cossacks, and carry on their deep traditions. Many of these cultures are beginning to see a revival due to the end of the soviet union. Others, due to continued poverty and marginalization, still face extinction today. Tutaj jest źle przetłumaczone na język polski za pomocą translate.google.com: W obrębie imperium rosyjskiego inne kultury nie były dobrze traktowane. Często zmuszano ich do asymilacji z główną rosyjską kulturą i często skradziono im ziemię. Tak jak każda dominująca kultura, Rosjanie uciskali mniejszości. Niektóre kultury były w stanie przetrwać w tajemnicy, ale wiele, na przykład kultury syberyjskie, prawie wyginęło z powodu presji ze strony Rosji i chorób takich jak ospa. ZSRR gorzej traktował mniejszości, zmuszając wielu do opuszczenia ojczyzny, a nawet spowodował głód, który zmusił Ukraińców do opuszczenia wschodniej Ukrainy. Niektóre kultury przetrwały do dziś, na przykład Kozacy i kontynuują swoje głębokie tradycje. Wiele z tych kultur zaczyna odradzać się w związku z końcem Związku Radzieckiego. Inne, z powodu utrzymującego się ubóstwa i marginalizacji, wciąż zagrożone są wyginięciem.
It is not true. Unfortunately, the policy of assimilation in Russia was carried out only under Alexander the Third. Only the elite accepting Orthodoxy were assimilated, which made them Russian. Under the USSR, children were forced to learn their native language, which led to the fact that they could not work normally in society. In modern Russia, children are also forced to learn the local language, even if the children are Russian and want to be Russian.
Nie Polakam o tym mówić, pamiętajcie co czyniliście z Ukraińcami i Białorusinami w czasach pierwszej i drugiej RP. Tymczasem w zssr (nie jestem fanatem komuny btw) panowała polityka "коренизации" małych narodów, wielu z nich tylko wtedy otrzymali własny alfabet (chociaż i na bazie cyrilicy) i literaturą. Z czasów Imperiuma (nawet carata) korzenny plemiona Syberii miali wolność, autonomię i zniżone podatki, miali (i mają) pozwolenie wolno polować we własnych ziemiach, podczas gdy Rosjane musiałi (i muszę) odzyskiwać licencję. Rosja zawsze była multikulturową krainą. Przepraszam za błądy, jestem rosjaninem i nie uczę języka polskiego od dawna
It was like they were taken yesterday.
Ah yes, the Prokudin-Gorsky's photographs. The House of History channel made a video about this collection some time ago.
It's worth noting that those photos are from all over the Russian Empire, including some places that are now in independent countries.
man you look at different regions of russia (and especially the ussr) and realize how big it is and how many cultures, languages and people there are.
Something about all that makes me think of Russia as some far off fairy tail land, not even real. Of course I know its real, but it's kinda hard for me to imagine all those cultures under the same banner united, and I'm american (melting pot land)
@@hollowhoagie6441 unfortunately, as the years go by, more and more features of different cultures have been forgotten. True culture is only in old and far villages, but with old people die stories, fairytales, customs. Russia is big, yes, but with national politics of Alexander III and Nicolas II customs were slowly dying. And even Soviet Union (that, theoretically, was interested in saving cultural independence of different nations) was more oriented on propaganda of unity of all people under the socialist and then communist party than on cultural developing of different regions.
It's sad but young people in Russia knows almost nothing about their culture, although it's not exactly their fault. In Tatarstan, near which I live, the national festivals and the language are appreciated and trying to be saved. It's funny, because slavic people know almost nothing about slavic rituals or folklore, although slowly but people are becoming more interested in their culture. And it's not because of the government's policy, no, the government is not interested in saving old customs. I think, it's because people in Russia now live in difficult time so unconsciously they are driven to the tradition to seek safety and national pride.
The discovery of Gorskii's photos, 10 years ago, was one of the most mindblowing things I'd ever seen and it's still incredibly impressive now. (0:17 was the first one I saw). Great to see this video showcasing some I have never seen before till now. Also, one of my most prized books is a collection of these, "Photographs for the Tsar", with 1:17 as the cover.
If I had a time machine I'd go back there with a radio and play "Rasputin".
p.s.: amazing pictures!
As a Russian living in a village, I’ll say. NOTHING CHANGED. As if last week a friend of his uncle came to photograph the village.
Oh, sure, especially the part where you are using electricity, television and internet, nothing has changed fosho.
@@Arkan1986 I said about nature, houses
I’m really not used to viewing russia and pre 1920s with color. It’s so vibrant
Probably one of the greatest setbacks of the fall of the Russian Empire is that a lot of brightest minds had to flee the Revolution. Engineers, scientist, writers and composers. Among them a pioneer of colour photography, Prokudin-Gorsky.
In case you didn't know the soviet union was the first who made it to space and basically invented laser eye surgery. Don't believe all the anti socialist/Soviet cold war propaganda you hear.
@@200131356 OH, don't get me wrong. Soviet Union had a great amount of fantastic achievements on its own. There is no 'if' in history, but still the Revolution was a setback
@@200131356 haha "anti socialist propaganda" my family got caught behind the Iron curtain and it was pretty fucking awful.
That happens during any social upheaval. People closer to ruling classes who have the means to flee will flee. Overall the revolution was an immensely positive thing for Russia.
@@heathjohnson2698 LOL
The thumbnail is in fact a picture from my homeland, Dagestan, in the North Caucasus. I've seen it before and was very nice to see it colourised here, thank you
Догъесту омбор!
Doqestu ombor!
What does that mean
God bess Dagestan from Romania !
Oh cool
It was like when you have just wandered into a rural history museum.
Aaah... They had no idea of what was coming lol
Prolitarian revolution!
COMMUNISM.....
IN THE SOVIET UNION
Bonitas fotos /
Can I get a link to the song
Please
th-cam.com/video/lYcLVhVrtYQ/w-d-xo.html Here's a live version so you can learn it
Thanks! ;)
I remember hearing parts of this song in the 1812 overture.
Nice set of photos....nice piece of guitar.
Do a video on old Czechia if you can!
Could you bring more content like this?
Hello AB! Could you translate this old English my dad sent me? Wyrd bið ful aræd. Thank you and please do a video on the assassination of Julius Caesar?
Song?
looks a lot better than security cameras today
0:27 is Muhammad Alim khan, the Emir of Bukhara, and the last reigning descendant of Chingis Khan
Yes
What is the song called?
U vorot, u vorot 'at the gates'
Tchaikovsky 1812
@@januario8637 This is a Russian Cossack folk song. Tchaikovsky used this motive to convey Russian durability.
Yes, you’re right
0:28 HOI4
0:40 is that moscow?
No
beauty old days
A lot of Russia, I like it
ABA Pass me you discord server invite
I'm sure that this is not a Russia it is Georgia Tbilisi
1:08 it's a Azerbaijani man
I will write this in Polish, couse my Ebglish is too bad.
Jestem wkurozny jak myślę o Rosji jako tym wielkim hegemonie na pół świata. Po tych zdjęciach już widać jak tam wiele jest kultur, a wszystkie muszą uznać zwierzchnictwo jednej, której przez to nie szanuję. I jeszcze byłoby spoko, gdyby nie to, że Rosja nei dbała o te kultury, tylko ich się pozbywała, czy to świadomie, czy nie. Jeszcze bardziej pogorszyłk to ZSRR, które już totalnie zerwało z jakimś zachowaniem kultur, ale tutaj też sama rosyjska ucierpiała.
Serio niech ktoś mi napsize, czy Rosja jakoś pozostawiała języki w spokoju, czy nie? Bo jak patrzę na mapę języków i widzę tą kreskę rosyjskiego w głąb Azji to mi smutno.... Więc jeśli ktoś wie jak było za Cesarstwa, to niech napisze.
I do not speak polish. but i will write this in English, as I was able to translate that (poorly) using translate.google.com
Within the Russian empire, other cultures were not treated well. They were often forced to assimilate to the main Russian culture, and often had their land stolen from them. Just as any dominant culture does, the Russians oppressed minorities. Some cultures were able to survive this in secret, but many, such as the Siberian cultures, went all but extinct due to both pressure from Russia and from diseases like smallpox. The USSR treated minorities worse, forcing many out of their homeland, even causing a famine to force Ukrainians out of eastern Ukraine. Some cultures still survive to this day, such as the Cossacks, and carry on their deep traditions. Many of these cultures are beginning to see a revival due to the end of the soviet union. Others, due to continued poverty and marginalization, still face extinction today.
Tutaj jest źle przetłumaczone na język polski za pomocą translate.google.com:
W obrębie imperium rosyjskiego inne kultury nie były dobrze traktowane. Często zmuszano ich do asymilacji z główną rosyjską kulturą i często skradziono im ziemię. Tak jak każda dominująca kultura, Rosjanie uciskali mniejszości. Niektóre kultury były w stanie przetrwać w tajemnicy, ale wiele, na przykład kultury syberyjskie, prawie wyginęło z powodu presji ze strony Rosji i chorób takich jak ospa. ZSRR gorzej traktował mniejszości, zmuszając wielu do opuszczenia ojczyzny, a nawet spowodował głód, który zmusił Ukraińców do opuszczenia wschodniej Ukrainy. Niektóre kultury przetrwały do dziś, na przykład Kozacy i kontynuują swoje głębokie tradycje. Wiele z tych kultur zaczyna odradzać się w związku z końcem Związku Radzieckiego. Inne, z powodu utrzymującego się ubóstwa i marginalizacji, wciąż zagrożone są wyginięciem.
It is not true. Unfortunately, the policy of assimilation in Russia was carried out only under Alexander the Third. Only the elite accepting Orthodoxy were assimilated, which made them Russian.
Under the USSR, children were forced to learn their native language, which led to the fact that they could not work normally in society. In modern Russia, children are also forced to learn the local language, even if the children are Russian and want to be Russian.
Nie Polakam o tym mówić, pamiętajcie co czyniliście z Ukraińcami i Białorusinami w czasach pierwszej i drugiej RP. Tymczasem w zssr (nie jestem fanatem komuny btw) panowała polityka "коренизации" małych narodów, wielu z nich tylko wtedy otrzymali własny alfabet (chociaż i na bazie cyrilicy) i literaturą. Z czasów Imperiuma (nawet carata) korzenny plemiona Syberii miali wolność, autonomię i zniżone podatki, miali (i mają) pozwolenie wolno polować we własnych ziemiach, podczas gdy Rosjane musiałi (i muszę) odzyskiwać licencję. Rosja zawsze była multikulturową krainą. Przepraszam za błądy, jestem rosjaninem i nie uczę języka polskiego od dawna
@@radziwill7193 yeah? In which parts of Russia ethnic russian children are being forced to learn local language?
@@hulking_presence Tataria for example.
The old times were better do you think that too?
I personally do not
No
nope.mp4
No
രരനമുകക്ക
я один русский?
нет лол
God save the Tzar!
GARINDAŞLAR