Colourized Photos That Bring Historical Famous Russians To Life

Great Russian authors, composers, and musicians are also featured in her historically accurate colorizations.

Leo Tolstoy. Russian writer. Author of “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina.”

Chekhov. Russian playwright and short story writer

Matilda Kshesinskaya. Ballerina and wife of Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich

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Igor Sikorsky. Russian-American aviation pioneer.

Vera Komissarzhevskaya, Actress

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Sergei Prokofiev. Soviet composer, pianist, and conductor

Mikhail Bulgakov. Russian writer, physician, and playwright

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Shirnina is fond of working on vintage images of the women who fought in the Red Army during World War II.

Yulia Yavorska. Nurse who brought 56 wounded from the battlefield in battles for Stalingrad

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