Bukhara (1911-1913)

Куш-Бегги (Министр внутренних дел).
Kush-Beggi (Minister of Internal Affairs). Bukhara.
“Kush-Beggi” is not the name of minister of internal affairs. Most likely it comes from “Kushbegi”, the title of the second highest official in Bukhara. Bukhara has been one of the main centres of Iranian civilization during its history. Its architecture and archaeological sites form one of the pillars of Persian history and art. The region of Bukhara was for a long period a part of the Persian Empire. The historic center of Bukhara has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. It contains numerous mosques and madrassas. All pictures are by Prokudin-Gorsky.
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Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863–1944) devoted his life to the advancement of color photography technology. Three-color process was based on taking three monochrome pictures, each through a different colored filter (red, green and blue). By projecting the three positive images with a three-color projector with red, green, and blue lights, and using prisms to superimpose the three images on a white wall, it was possible to reconstruct the scene in its original colors. In 1905, Prokudin-Gorsky received a grant from Tsar Nicholas II to systematically document the Russian Empire using color photography. He continued this project until 1915, when his specially-fitted railway car was needed for World War I. After the Tsar and his family were assassinated in 1918, Prokudin-Gorsky emigrated from Russia to Paris. The result of his 10 year effort was a unique collection of nearly two thousand color photographs.