Ryazan' is a city situated in 200 kilometers to south-east of Moscow.
Current population is 521 thousands.


Here is photos of city from Imperial times.


published on city web portal gorod.ryazan.ru
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/02.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/14.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/06.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/18.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/01.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/03.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/04.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/05.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/07.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/08.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/09.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/10.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/11.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/21.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/20.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/15.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/13.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/13.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/16.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/17.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/19.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/22.jpg
http://www.gorod.ryazan.ru/ryazan_ph_old/23.jpg


and by Prokudin-Gorskiy
http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/Memorial/PG/pic/04847v.jpg
http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/Memorial/PG/pic/11446v.jpg
http://www.rzn.info/foto/albums/userpics/10045/01448.jpg
http://www.rzn.info/foto/albums/userpics/10045/01428.jpg

These old digitally remastered colour photographs are amazing!
It looks like the program has turned the black silhouettes of people into colour spots though :) This is not to let them down - simply interesting.
http://www.rzn.info/foto/albums/userpics/10045/01448.jpg
Always have wanted to visit the Russian cities of "Golden Ring"

Gatis this are not digitally remasered photografs. This are made before 1918
by Prokudin-Gorskiy . He pionered colour photografy in prerevolutinary Russia. Working for Nicolas II he travlleed oll over empire documenting
evrydays life in colour. Some of his best pictures ended up in National Congress Library in Washington. It's just amazing that above pics made around 1913-1914.

No way :eek2:
That's amazing quality for 100 years ago!

SomeOne check this out, you will be blown away:

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/

To be fair about Gatis remark. Original photographs where made in tree versions (using red, blue, green filters ) and then presented in color slide
show using a light-projection system involving the same three filters.
So in order for us to see it as a pics digital process was used also it helped to restore damaged pics.

SomeOne check this out, you will be blown away:

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/

Is that the entire collection? If not, do you have a web-site that has all of his photographs?

http://museum.ru/museum/1812/Memorial/PG/

Grr why is not distributed by cities.. I want to find Kyiv if there are any pics of it.

Wow, check out Smolensk http://img.photosight.ru/2004/03/22/440690.jpg I don't even want to know how it looks after the commieblock invasion.

here is list
http://museum.ru/museum/1812/Memorial/PG/colorpg.html

unfortunately not all photos is there. only highres.

Нету Киева... :(

Wow, that website is amazing!
I never imagines I would ever see pics dating to the Imperial era.
:eek2:

Their uniforms were super-cool!

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/images/p87_6763__01460_.jpg

^ yep, and also every student had a very cool uniform.

Wow this is something. Any more?