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The Russian empire : a portrait in photographs
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The Russian empire : a portrait in photographs

by Chloe Obolensky, Max Hayward

A collection of nearly 500 photographs documenting imperial Russia from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1917 Revolution. Drawn from private archives, these images provide a visual record of the land and its people during the empire's final decades.

Accession 31635 ISBN 0394410297 Publisher Random House
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