1917: Death of the Old Culture

Death of the Old Culture

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Sten'ka Razin (1907)

Drankov Film Studio
Source:
 Vladimir Padunov: New Russian Media. 2000.

Moonlit Beauty (1916)

Film poster, directed by Evgenii Bauer
Source:
 Vladimir Padunov: New Russian Media. 2000.

M. Kal'manson: Poison of the Big City (1917)

Directed by Petr Chardynin
Source:
 Vladimir Padunov: New Russian Media. 2000.

Aleksandr Grinberg: Portrait of Vera Kholodnaia (1919)

Odessa Film Studio, 1920. This photo was taken when Kholodnaia was already in flight from the Bolsheviks. She would soon die, and her vast funeral in Odessa marked the end of an era.
Source:
 Soiuz fotokhudozhnikov Rossii. 2001.

Aleksandr Grinberg: Portrait of Vera Kholodnaia (1919)

Odessa Film Studio, 1920
Source:
 Soiuz fotokhudozhnikov Rossii. 2001.

Obliterating the Past (1918)

Colossal statue of Czar Alexander III being dismantled after the Soviet came into power. Note the workman at extreme top fixing rope on the crown.
Source:
 Albert Rhys Williams: Through the Russian Revolution. New York: Boni and Liveright. 1921.