Сызрань / Syzran in original photographs from about 1900

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Channel: Nigel Fowler Sutton · 2015 · Travel & Events

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Дореволюционная Россия на фотографиях
Сызрань
около 1900

Pre-revolutionary Russia in photographs
Syzran
about 1900

Here I present an album of photographs from about 1900 of the town of Syzran situated on the River Volga in the province of Samara. The town was founded in 1683 as a fortress and  grew into an important trading centre being granted town status in 1796.


Music:
From the Sonata in B-flat Major for Piano by D. Bortnyansky

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