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A couple poses for a portrait on the north slope of the Caucasus Mountains in what is today the Dagestan Republic of the Russian Federation.

Pinkhus Karlinskii stands by a ferry dock along the Mariinskii Canal system in the northern part of European Russia.In 1909 Russian photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorskii set out on a specially designed railroad car to document the diverse Russian Empire in color photographs. Prokudin-Gorskii's effort was backed by Tsar Nicholas II, giving him access and cooperation across the sweeping empire. Prokudin-Gorskii went on to photograph the people, cities and landscapes of Russia on the eve of WWI and revolution from 1909 to 1915.

Here are some useful links in exploring his work:

• The Empire That Was Russia - Library of Congress exhibit
• Prokudin-Gorskii photo database - Complete collection, including unrestored images
• Prokudin-Gorskii site at Museums of Russia
• Sergey Prokudin-Gorsii on Wikipedia
• A sample of images on Flickr
• The incredible century old color photography of Prokudin Gorskii