Olone︠t︡ska︠i︡a gubernī︠i︡a

Collection History

The Library acquired the majority of the albums in this digital presentation during the early 1930s. Many were originally part of Romanov palace libraries nationalized by the Soviet government and sold abroad for hard currency.

Background

Subjects include Russian Orthodox churches, monasteries, and ecclesiastical art; views of cities, as well as small provincial towns; secular architecture; tsarist- and Soviet-era political exiles; and the diverse peoples of the Russian Empire. A number of albums include portraits of the Tsar or the imperial family; state occasions, military maneuvers, and relaxation at the imperial hunting lodge are all depicted. Represented as well are military operations, particularly during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. Russian Revolutionary-era photos are extensive, ranging from the immediate aftermath of the February Revolution, to the Stalinist period.

Many of the imperial association albums-that is, those presented as gifts to the royal family-are of superior technical and artistic quality, and in several cases mounted in bindings that are themselves works of art, incorporating silver, wood, and other decorative elements.

Related Resources

Hee-Gwone Yoo."Holdings of rare photographs and plate books at the Slavic and Baltic Division of The New York Public Library." Rosia yongu (Russian Studies), vol. 12, no. 1 (2002): [323]-332.

Collection Data

Names
Pekarskii, IA. A., active 1880s (Photographer)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1880 - 1889 (Approximate)
Place: n.p.
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: Slav. Reserve (Photo) (Olonetskaia guberniia)
Topics
Olonet︠s︡kai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡ (Russia)
Petrozavodsk (Russia)
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Inserted is a list, in manuscript, of 37 photographs. The first one is missing. Includes seven panorama views.
Ownership: "Perlstein 18 Jun, 1931."
Ownership: 'APR 20 1934'. Plates bear the stamp of Ia. Pekarskii.
Statement of responsibility: Ia. A. Pekarskii (Russian, active 1880s) (Photographer)
Acquisition: Transferred from the Slavic and Baltic Division, 2012.
Physical Description
Extent: [10] p., [36] mounted photographs : ill. ; 28 x 37 cm.
Albumen prints
Extent: 28 x 37 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17076666
Barcode: 33433083555338
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ee920fd0-c6df-012f-fe19-58d385a7bc34
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