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Istanbul is the cultural, historical and economic center of Turkey. It is the most populous city of the country. It is located on the coast of the Bosphorus Strait and at the crossroads of the European and Asian worlds. Istanbul ranks fourth in the...

The city of Nikolaev was founded in 1789 by Prince Grigory Potemkin on the peninsula at the confluence of Ingul and Bug as a naval and ship city. The first citizen of the city became businessman, military leader and builder Mikhail Faleev. It was order...

These pictures of unpopular Parisian streets belong to the Frenchman Eugene Atget, the ancestor of European genre photography. He filmed architectural structures. He became a photographer at the age of 42 years. After it was discovered by Berenice...

In the XIX century, smoking of Cuban tobacco cigarettes was allowed even to children. They were smoked everywhere, they were an indispensable attribute of every self-respecting gentleman. Traditional for many countries were afternoon cigar smoking with...

These photographs taken at the end of the 19th century by Count Karol Länckorski on the island of Sri Lanka are stored in the digital Polish archive. They depict the life of local people. After the journey, he wrote a book of memoirs, "Around the Earth...

In modern society, the attitude towards the Soviet past is very uncertain - some blame the Soviet Union, others call it the best country of all times and peoples. Kazan photographer Rustam Mukhametzyanov simply filmed life the way it is. The network...

These are the negatives of Poznyaki village, the current residential area of ​​Kiev, dated 1939. They depict the locals on their faces near their houses, the nature of these places. The first written records of the village belong to the second half of...

The cultural and educational life of Kiev became complicated after the signing of the first Valuev Circular in 1863, and later - the Ems decree in 1876. But unlike the past centuries, for the first time Kievites had the opportunity to develop their...

These pictures were taken during the First World War. Then the Ottoman Empire supported Germany. Enver Pasha surrounded himself with German military advisers. A German military mission led by General Liman von Sanders arrived in Istanbul. She actually...

These images were printed in the presentation album of the publishing house “Art” in 1984. It was published to promote the city among tourists. Here are the fountains, squares, flower beds and happy children. There are even frames showing the nature of...