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The shots were by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, one of the early pioneers of color photography who studied under Dmitri Mendeleev.
These images are via The Library of Congress, who have digitally mastered many of Prokudin-Gorsky's photos.
See many more of the photos at adme.ru.
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