Re:Czarist Russia in color (1905–1915)
by balabaster on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @10:46AM
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What's most awesome about these pictures, is that looking many of them, you could easily imagine they were taken today. It's astonishing that the picture of modern life we see all around us, we build up this idea in our heads that we've come so far in the past hundred or so years, but in reality, much of the world - even in the West, hasn't come that far at all.
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I wouldn't say that. The clothes look uncomfortable, there are mud tracks rather than road, the whole city is two- or even one-story buildings (which implies you'd be living without any subcultural clubs in walking distance - hope you enjoy the same things everyone else does). Even the melons the guy is selling are clearly in much worse condition than modern supermarket produce. And look at how many people it takes just to operate one small fire engine or boat.
These are beautiful, fascinating pictures, but I wouldn't want to live there.
I live in Russia, and rural towns look pretty much as you just described. Of course, there's a lot of broken asphalt on the roads, and houses don't look as good as in the photos.
Re:Czarist Russia in color (1905–1915)
by koberstein on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @12:53PM
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Yeah I don't know how people managed to live happy lives with all those mud tracks and sub-par melons.
If you look at happiness surveys, as best as we can tell such people would have been significantly less happy than we are.
Re:Czarist Russia in color (1905–1915)
by tmp1234519029 on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @01:18PM
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Vodka.