Beautiful girls

Photos of Russian beauties in traditional costumes

After the reign of Peter I, Russia acquired a fleet and expanded its borders, but in many respects it lost its traditions, the heritage of its ancestors and lost the tradition of wearing the Russian boyar costume. Only among ordinary people will traditional Russian outfits survive until the beginning of the 20th century.

After the collapse of the USSR, many freedoms appeared that did not bring a revival of Russian traditions and national identity, but, on the contrary, filled the consciousness of the Russian population with values and images from American culture. mystyle.decorexpro.com/en/ wants to make up for this loss and, by virtue of his capabilities, reminds readers of the great Russian history and traditions.

Today we will continue to recall the outfits and images of Russian beauties of pre-revolutionary Russia, but not in illustrations and paintings by artists, but in photographs. The photos below are taken from the Shabelsky collection from the collection of the Russian Ethnographic Museum.

Photo from above - Kostroma province
Photo below - Vladimir province

The Shabelsky collection is a unique source not only for the study of the history of Russian costume - it is rare in its artistic and scientific significance. Created primarily with the aim of fixing the costumes of various provinces that the models demonstrated, it has become an absolutely independent phenomenon in the history of Russian photography. Albumin and studio photographs made on high-quality papers are distinguished by excellent expressiveness in conveying the image of a Russian woman, and all models are surprisingly suitable for the costumes presented.

Photos from the Shabelskys collection bring to us the images of Russian beauties in traditional costumes and clearly show the wealth and greatness of our ancestors, and not at all the wretched slavish essence in which the so-called "civilized people" want to convince us!