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Women in national costumes of Russia

Women in national costumes of Russia


DescriptionEnglish: Young Russian peasant women in front of traditional wooden house, in a rural area along the Sheksna River near the small town of Kirillov. Early color photograph from Russia, created by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii as part of his work to document the Russian Empire from 1909 to 1915.
Date1909
SourceSergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection (Library of Congress)
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AuthorSergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863–1944)
PermissionPublic Domain: published more 95 years ago. There are no known restrictions on the use of this image.
LicensingThis work is in the public domain in Russia according to article 6 of Law No. 231-FZ of the Russian Federation of December 18, 2006; the Implementation Act for Book IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1923.


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