Timeline
The life and career of Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, 1863–1944
Born in Vladimir Province, Russia (the Library of Congress gives Murom)
After studying painting and chemistry (the latter under Mendeleev) in the late 1880s, continues his studies in Berlin and Paris through 1891
Marries Anna Lavrova; apprentices in photochemical laboratories and studies the work of Miethe and Maumene
Begins presenting his photographic research to the Imperial Russian Technical Society
Exhibits black-and-white photography at the Paris Exposition
Becomes editor of the journal Fotograf-liubitel and wins awards in Antwerp and Nice for colour photography
Formulates his plan for a colour photographic survey of the Russian Empire
Photographs Leo Tolstoy in colour at Yasnaya Polyana in May; is introduced to Tsar Nicholas II
Presents his work to the Tsar at Tsarskoye Selo and receives official support, including a railroad-car darkroom; photographs the Mariinsky canal system and the Urals
Shows his canal and Ural photographs to the Tsar in March; photographs the Volga region
Photographs Turkestan; begins documenting sites of the 1812 Napoleonic campaign for its centenary
Records the Kama-Tobol water route and the Oka River; official support ends; founds the Biochrome company
Official support briefly resumes; documents the Murmansk Railway
Leaves Russia for Norway and then England
Settles in France
Dies in Paris in September
The Library of Congress buys his surviving glass plates from his heirs
The Library of Congress opens the exhibition The Empire That Was Russia, showing digitally restored colour images
Blaise Agüera y Arcas produces digital colour composites of all 1,902 negatives for the Library