Zachary R. Jones Collection of Images Depicting Locations and Individuals from the Russian Empire is arranged alphabetically by the last name or moniker of the individual, or the location identified on the image. Materials with the same location are then further arranged alphabetically by the caption on the item, or the English translation of the caption on the item. Unidentified locations are listed alphabetically by the caption on the item at the end.
Items are placed in pages in a binder, and are in the same order they are listed in the inventory. For pages that hold more than one image, the order is either top to bottom or left to right, depending on the orientation of the page.
Accession No. HRL.2019.0021: Zachary R. Jones, 2019 October
[identification of item], Zachary R. Jones Collection of Images Depicting Locations and Individuals from the Russian Empire, SPEC.HRL.0010, Hilandar Research Library, Ohio State University
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Processed by: Courtney Bishop, 2020 December; Finding aid written by: Courtney Bishop, 2020 December
The Russian Empire lasted nearly 200 years from 1721 to 1917. During this time the empire experienced many changes including shifting from an absolute monarchy to a semi-constitutional monarchy, growing geographically and in population size, as well as social and political unrest and industrial development. This growth included Peter the Great moving the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg, and St. Petersburg became a new industrial region. He also commissioned a series of palaces and gardens in the early 1700s, which included the Fountains at Peterhof Palace. In addition to these changes and growth, a court museum for housing a private art collection was founded by Catherine the Great in 1764, which was continually added to by her successors. It eventually became the Hermitage Museum, which houses the Gallery of Modern Sculpture. Both Peter the Great and Catherine the Great propelled industrial development in the Russian Empire. In the 1890s to early 1900s there were recurrent strikes and disorder among the working class due to bad living and working conditions, high taxes, and land hunger. Also, during this time the middle class and nobility were calling for political reform. This mass political and social unrest of the working class, middle class, and nobility called for reform led to the 1905 Russian Revolution, during which there were numerous strikes in St. Petersburg. The Russian Empire ended with the February Revolution in 1917, and in October of that year the Communist Party was in power, which they maintained for almost 75 years.
As of 2020, Zachary R. Jones is a collector of historical photographs. He has an interest in Russian history, its people, and literature.
The Zachary R. Jones Collection of Images Depicting Locations and Individuals from the Russian Empire contains images that Jones collected for educational purposes pertaining to Russian people, particularly royalty and literary figures, as well as locations throughout Russia during the 1890s to early 1900s. Included are stereoview cards depicting architecture, military activities, the working class, and agriculture of the Russian Empire. Postcards depicting Russian authors Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Lev Tolstoy, and Maxim Gorky, as well as carte de viste and engravings depicting royalty are included. These images mostly illustrate the end of the Russian Empire, when bad living and working conditions, social and political unrest, and industrial development led to revolutions in 1905 and 1917.
One postcard is entirely in Russian and one printed engraving engraving is entirely in French. The other materials are either in English or in multiple languages, including English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch, Norwegian, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, and Czech. Materials date 1897-circa 1920.
English translation of Russian caption.
English translation of Russian caption.
English translation of Russian caption.
(2) prints