Aerial parade south of Moscow, 1933

Image by Mark Markov-Grinberg

cemetery:

Rose Trellis (Fabergé egg)

cabbagingcove:

Caricatures of Death Personified

From a pre-Revolutionary magazine, first published in Russia in 1906. Illustrations by Boris Kustodiev.

Personifications of death included depictions of the devastating 1906 drought and ensuing famine, and the ravages of cholera, in the midst of revolutionary uprisings in Moscow.

lostsplendor:

Happy Birthday Peter Carl Fabergé [1846-1920]

“Peter Carl Fabergé also known as Karl Gustavovich Fabergé in Russia was a Russian jeweller, best known for the famous Fabergé eggs, made in the style of genuine Easter eggs, but using precious metals and gemstones rather than more mundane materials. Wikipedia”

Rose Trellis (Fabergé egg)