Vidy g. Sol'vychegodska i ego dostoprimiechatel'nostei

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
Baraneev, active 19th century (Photographer)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1860 - 1899 (Approximate)
Place: Vologda
Publisher: Fotograf︠i︡a Baran︠i︡eva
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: Slav. Reserve Photo
Topics
Solʹvychegodsk (Russia)
Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ -- Liturgical objects
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: According to Pierre Apraxine, "album now disbound and boxed with cloth cover with gilt letters: E.I.V.G.V.K./VA (for Vladimir Alexandrovich). Views of the city of Sol'vychegodsk, and its remarkable sites. 21 albumen prints mounted on boards of different sizes. 9 prints (+/- 6 x 8") mounted on larger boards (9 1/4 x 12 3/4"); 12 prints (+/- 5 1/2 x 4") on smaller ones (9 1/4 x 8 1/2"), with printed decorative frames and captions. 'Photography by Baranov in Vologda' with address and mention of a 'silver medal for contributing to the success of archeology'. All photos numbered 1-19 and above the images by hand in ink in calligraphic script. The numbers refer to the subjects photographed, some recto and verso."
Content: City Solvychegodsk is located in Archangel oblast, 18 km from Kotlas. Blagoveshchensk (Annunciation) cathedral and Vvedensk (Presentation) monastery are in Solvychegodsk.
Acquisition: Transferred from the Slavic and Baltic Division, 2012.
Physical Description
Extent: 21 mounted photographs ; 33 x 24 cm
Albumen prints
Extent: 33 x 24 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11614050
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 820428a0-c6b8-012f-137d-58d385a7bc34
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