Russian pioneer of colour photography Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863 - 1944, right) with two men in Cossack dress on the Murmansk Railway, Russian Empire, 1915. Under the sponsorship of Tsar Nicholas II, Prokudin-Gorsky toured the Russian Empire by rail between 1905 and 1915, documenting its culture and landscape in a collection of colour photographs.
{"Image ImageDescription": "Russian pioneer of colour photography Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863 - 1944, right) with two men in Cossack dress on the Murmansk Railway, Russian Empire, 1915. Under the sponsorship of Tsar Nicholas II, Prokudin-Gorsky toured the Russian Empire by rail between 1905 and 1915, documenting its culture and landscape in a collection of colour photographs. (Photo by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky/Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2009 Getty Images"}