Exhibition "Russia. Twentieth century in photographs. 1900-1917 "

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In the photographic museum in Yekaterinburg House Myatenkova "- part of a unique project of the museum" Moscow House of Photography ", implemented with the support of Vladimir Putin - Russia Fotoarhivatsiya history. His goal - to trace the historical process in the past of the twentieth century, to recreate the authentic image of the events and personalities bygone time. The project involves a series of traveling exhibitions to cities in Russia, to create an interactive portal (www.inphoto.ru) and the publication of four volumes "Russia. XX Century in Photographs.

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The exhibition covers various aspects of life in the early twentieth century: the celebration of 300 years of the Romanov dynasty, the events of World War I, February and October Revolutions, as well as the daily lives of different classes - family holidays, home theaters, sports, street scenes ... Widely represented Russia's culture of the early twentieth century and reflects its landmark heroes. Particular attention is paid to architecture and urban landscape of Moscow, St. Petersburg and the county towns of Russia.

The task of the exhibition - to return to our consciousness the reality of historical fact, without his mythological Soviet, anti-Soviet and post-Soviet interpretation. Answer simple questions "what", "where?", "When?". The book and exhibition helps us to emotionally survive the events of days past and think about the fact that each of us is a direct participant in creating the history of their country. Every minute, living us, becomes an invaluable historical facts.

The exhibition presents the best photographers of the twentieth century, among them: Charles and Victor Bulla, and Nabgolts Sherer, Boasson, and Egler, Gauthier-Dyufaye and Dmitriev, and at the same time, photographs of unknown authors, whose names have not yet appear in the history of Russia's photographic art.

1. Unknown author
Grigory Rasputin. 1910
2. Otto Renard
Zinaida Gippius. 1904
3. Unknown author
Left to right: P. Filonov, M. Matjushkin (standing);
Kruchenykh, K. Malevich, O. Shkolnik (sit). 1913
4. Sofya Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy during his illness and his daughter Tatiana. 1902
5. Unknown author
Family at the holiday table. 1900-e gg.
6. K. Bull
Sikorsky aircraft in an airplane "Russian Vityaz". St. Petersburg. 1913
7. Unknown author.
The First World War. Travel to the Southern Front. 1916
8. Karl Bulla
Officers of the Women's Battalion. Petrograd. 1917
9. Unknown author
The First World War. Orderlies and an infantryman in gas masks. 1916