We at Bored Panda love to see history come alive, which is why we think you’ll also like this series of colorized photos by Russian Flickr user klimbims. Russia’s history reads likes a novel–which may be why it has been the subject of so many novels–and these colorized photos bring that history into the modern age.
If you like these photos, be sure to also check out Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky’s Russian color channel photography for another old-school way to turn the past into color. But first, don’t forget to vote on your favourite photo below!
Lydia Litvyak During The World War II, 1941 And Pilgrim, 1858-1948
Grigori Rasputin, 1904
Air Squadron Commander Of The 124th Fighter Regiment Alexander Pronin, 1942
Captain Ivan Musienko During The World War I
Tank Driver Mikhail Smirnov, 1944
Russian Soldiers Pose Before The Attack, 1916
Soviet Soldiers Are Monitoring The Movement Of German Troops Near Sevastopol, Crimea, 1941
Mikhail Bulgakov, 1928
Lenin, 1900
Grand Duchess Maria Of Russia, 1906
German Embassy In St. Petersburg, 1913
Combat Medic Valentina Sokolova, 1943
Russian Pilot During The World War I, 1918
The Last Projectile, 1914
Saint John Of Kronstadt
Anti Tank Artillery Soldiers, 1943
Natalia Meklin (Kravtsova), Sofia Burzaeva, Polina Gelman, 1943
La Comtesse Elisabeth Moussine-Pouchkine, 1903
Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Soviet Sniper During World War II. Credited With 309 Kills, She Is Regarded As The Most Successful Female Sniper In History, 1940
Arseny Tarkovsky, 1907
Berlin, 1945
Nikolay Felixovich Yusupov, Prince Nicholas, Eldest Son Of Princess Zenaida And Prince Felix Youssoupoff. Killed In A Duel In 1908
Berlin, 1945
Russian Actor Nikolai Rybnikov In “Spring On Zarechnaya Street”, 1956
Ekaterina Maksimova, Soviet And Russian Ballet Dancer, 1973
Family Nicholas II Of Russia, 1914
Soviet Sailors Raise The USSR’s Naval Ensign Over Port-Artur In 1945
Combat Medic, Marine Infantry, 1943
Nicholas II Of Russia In The Uniform Of The Life-Guards 4th The Imperial Family’s Rifle Regiment, 1912
Tashkent, 1930
Pilots And Air-Gunners Of The 566th Assault Aviation Regiment, 1944
Olga And Tatiana Romanov, 1900s
Alexander Kerensky, 1917
Russian Soldiers In Berlin 1945
Russian Sniper Roza Shanina
Yuri Gagarin With His Matra Bonnet Djet VS Coupe, 1965
Worker And Supervisor, Car Factory, Moscow, 1954
The First Passengers Of The Moscow Metro, 1935
Soviet Athletes In Moscow, 1937
Russian Wrestler Karl Pospischil, 1912
Russian Family, Ekaterinburg Region, Siberia In The Late 19th Century
Russian Ballet Dancer Galina Ulanova In Swan Lake, Ca, 1930
‘Red Corner’ At A Recruiting Station, Galich, Kostroma Region, 1931
Reaper, 1914
Jose Raul Capablanca Vs Alexander Alekhine, 1913
Gymnasium Girls, Imperial Russia, 1900-1917
Group Of The Sisters Of Charity In The Dining Room During Lunch, Rhe Herbovets Community, 1900s
A Young Russian Bride, 1903
A Russian Man Stand By A Ford-A Made In The USSR, 1930
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