Shawl, kanapee blanket/shawl. Wool. Red, green, tan, blue stripe. Hand-woven from Alt-Elf, Bessarabia. c. 1880s.
The Battle of Gadebusch, 1712. It was Sweden’s last great victory in the Great Northern War against Russia, Denmark, and Saxony. The Great Norther War led to Sweden’s decline as a major power in Europe and Russia’s rise as the dominate Baltic power.
Photograph of Zlatoust, Russia, c. 1910.
Photograph of Zlatoust, Russia, c. 1910.
“Study of Three Generations, Zlatoust” by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, 1910.
A. P. Kalganov poses with his son and granddaughter for a portrait in the industrial town of Zlatoust in the Ural Mountain region of Russia. The son and granddaughter are employed at the Zlatoust Arms Plant - a major supplier of armaments to the Russian military since the early 1800s. Kalganov displays traditional Russian dress and beard styles, while the two younger generations have more Westernized, modern dress and hair styles.
During the Russian revolution of 1917, many Russians emigrated and took their valuable collections with them. Some items which were lost by Russia in those days still possess a value of universal importance. People collecting antiques are ready to pay millions at auction for such things. Jeweled Fabergé eggs are among these treasures; for instance, Rothshild’s Fabergé Egg was auctioned off at Christie’s for £8,9 million. Russian imperial art is widely represented in the Hillwood Estate’s collection, Museum & Gardens, which is located in Washington, DC. Along with 80 Fabergé pieces, one can find a wonderfully decorated Imperial Catherine the Great Easter Egg.
Prince Pyotr Bagration, a member of the Georgian royal house of Bagrationi who served as a general in the Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars.
Khakas family in Minusinsk in southern Siberia.
Though I can’t be certain what they’re saying, these two things I know to be true:
1. These girls really, really like James Bond.
2. The 80s are alive in Russia.
G. D. Falksen
