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Self-Portrait Artist: Strindberg, August (1849-1912)
Self-Portrait. Found in the collection of Kungliga biblioteket, Stockholm

Soviet artillery at the Seelow Heights, April 1945 Artist: Anonymous
Soviet artillery at the Seelow Heights, April 1945. Found in the collection of Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

The Kuomintang troops captured Beijing in June 1928 Artist: Anonymous
The Kuomintang troops captured Beijing in June 1928. Found in the collection of State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, Moscow

Marie Mariusovna Petipa, Russian ballet dancer, 1887. Artist: Charles Bergamasco
Marie Mariusovna Petipa, Russian ballet dancer, 1887. Marie Mariusovna Petipa (1857-1930) was the daughter of French choreographer Marius Petipa and Russian ballerina Maria Surovshchikova-Petipa

Portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, (1853-1920), 1860s-1870s. Artist: Charles Bergamasco
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, c1860s-c1870s. The daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna (1853-1920) married Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh

Richard Wagner, German composer, 1864. Artist: Joseph Albert
Richard Wagner, German composer, 1864. Wagner (1813-1883) is best known for his cycle of four operas Der Ring des Nibelungen, first performed in 1876. From a private collection

Nabokov and Vera Slonim, ca 1923
Nabokov and Vera Slonim

Evgeny Nikolayevich Chirikov (1864-1932)

The Khodynka Tragedy, 1896
The Khodynka Tragedy

Rasputin (second from left) at the meal among His Admirers, c. 1910
Rasputin (second from left) at the meal among His Admirers

Felix Yusupov and his wife, Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, 1932
Felix Yusupov and his wife, Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia

Princess Yelizaveta Dimitrievna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, nee Nabokova (1877-1942), 1913
Princess Yelizaveta Dimitrievna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, nee Nabokova (1877-1942)

Images of the world premiere of the ballet The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, 1890
Images of the world premiere of the ballet The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Agniya Lvovna Barto (1906-1981), Early 1930s
Agniya Lvovna Barto (1906-1981)

David Davidovich Burliuk (1882?1967), 1928
David Davidovich Burliuk (1882?1967)

Leon Trotsky

Tsar Mikhail Feodorovichs staff. In the vestry of the Ipatiev Monastery, Kostroma, 1911
Tsar Mikhail Feodorovichs staff. In the vestry of the Ipatiev Monastery, Kostroma

Gospel of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and the sacramental vessels of of Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich, 1911
Gospel of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and the sacramental vessels of of Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich

Eleanor Roosevelt speaking at the United Nations in July 1947

French Postcard Bonne Annee, 1916
French Postcard Bonne Annee

Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov (1853-1939), 1890s
Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov (1853-1939)

Vladimir Nabokov as Child, 1907
Vladimir Nabokov as Child

Leon Trotsky with his bodyguards, 1919
Leon Trotsky with his bodyguards

Vyacheslav Molotov, Joseph Stalin and Kliment Voroshilov on the Central Aerodrome, June 25, 1937, 1937
Vyacheslav Molotov, Joseph Stalin and Kliment Voroshilov on the Central Aerodrome, June 25, 1937

Pyotr Stolypin as a student of the Petersburg University, 1881
Pyotr Stolypin as a student of the Petersburg University

The World First Membrane roof and steel gridshell in the Rotunda by Vladimir Shukhov, Nizhny Novgorod, 1896
The World First Membrane roof and steel gridshell in the Rotunda by Vladimir Shukhov, Nizhny Novgorod

The Moskva Pool, 1970s
The Moskva Pool

Sredny Kislovsky Lane towards the Arbat Square in Moscow, 1914
Sredny Kislovsky Lane towards the Arbat Square in Moscow

Nikolai Nedobrovo (1882-1919), 1910
Nikolai Nedobrovo (1882-1919)

The Mnemosyne Atlas at the Reading room of the Kunstwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, 1927
The Mnemosyne Atlas at the Reading room of the Kunstwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg

Emmerich Kalman, 1930s (?)
Emmerich Kalman

Crown prince Nicholas Alexandrovich of Russia visiting Siam, 1891
Crown prince Nicholas Alexandrovich of Russia visiting Siam

Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Muenter, 1916
Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Muenter

Wassily Kandinsky, 1922
Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky with group of artists from the Blue Rider, 1911-1912
Wassily Kandinsky with group of artists from the Blue Rider

Wassily Kandinsky and Wilhelm Huesgen with the art group Phalanx, 1902
Wassily Kandinsky and Wilhelm Huesgen with the art group Phalanx

Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Muenter, 1906-1907
Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Muenter

Composer Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Ivanovka, 1910
Composer Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Ivanovka

Composer Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943), 1897
Composer Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

Composer Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943), 1919
Composer Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

Olympic Games, 1896. Preparation for the 100-meter race, 1896
Olympic Games, 1896. Preparation for the 100-meter race

Nikolai Kalmakov (1873-1955), 1928
Nikolai Kalmakov (1873-1955)

The members of the First International Olympic Committee. Athens, Greece, 1896

Franz Kafka, c. 1906
Franz Kafka

Auction of porcelain and Crown jewels of the Tsar in Moscow, 1927

Maxim Gorky and Maria Andreyeva, 1905
Maxim Gorky and Maria Andreyeva

Lilya Brik, 1916
Lilya Brik

Lilya Brik, 1921
Lilya Brik

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Step back in time with these captivating archive photos that offer a glimpse into the lives of influential figures from the past. In the early 1900s, renowned composer Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) graced the world with his musical genius, while Russian author and founder of Theosophy, Helena Blavatsky, left an indelible mark on literature in 1889. Witness history being made as Rachmaninov corrects his Piano Concerto No. 3 in Ivanovka during 1910. Transport yourself to the swinging sixties as you gaze upon a portrait of violinist David Oistrakh (1908-1974), capturing both his talent and charisma. Delve even further into classical music history with Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) pictured during his formative years in 1853. The enigmatic Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (1869-1916) emerges from shadows of mystery in these rare photographs taken during the tumultuous 1910s. Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, White general of the Russian Civil War, stands tall and resolute amidst chaos and conflict in a striking image captured during 1919. Witness George Gershwin's final portrait before he bid farewell to this world in 1937; this photo encapsulates both his brilliance as a composer and hints at what could have been had he lived longer. Anna Pavlova enchants audiences as she gracefully embodies "The Dying Swan" by Camille Saint-Saens around c. 1910 - an iconic moment frozen forever through photography. Tsar Nicholas II himself makes an appearance at the opening ceremony of Russia's first Duma held in St Petersburg back in 1906 - a pivotal event that would shape the country's future path. Fyodor Dostoevsky, one of Russia's most celebrated novelists, is immortalized in a portrait dating from c.