Karl Marx (1818-1883) with his elder daughter Jenny Longuet (Marx) (1844-1883). Reproduction.01.07.1869#829253
Georgian publicist and literary critic Niko Nikoladze (1843-1928). Photo courtesy Nino Melia's collection.07.07.1868#713344
A. Borodin and D. Mendeleyev (top row second right) among the participants of the first Russian natural scientists congress.05.01.1868#3704
Russian writer Fyodor Tyutchev (1803 - 1873), reproduction of a photo portrait by G. Denier.01.02.1867#71567
International Workingmen's Association's first congress, in which participated 60 delegates from the chapters in England, France, Germany and Switzerland. Photography reproduction.03.09.1866#829265
A revolutionary terrorist Dmitry Karakozov, the first to make an attempt on the life of the Russian Emperor Alexander II.01.11.1865#28694
Founder and first director of the Moscow Conservatory Nikolai Rubinstein (1835-1881). 05.10.1865#7508
Dmitry Karakozov (1840-1866), a Russian revolutionary and assassin, who made attempt on the life of Tsar Alexander II in 1866, was executed (by hanging) on 3 September 1866.17.02.1865#4988
The Russian Empire's naval expedition to the United States of North America in 1863-1864. Photo: A group of officers from the Russian naval squadron in Boston.30.11.1864#5928999
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the future Russian and Soviet scientist, the father of the theory of inter-planetary travel and a rocketry pioneer, as a child. Ryazan, 1864.30.11.1864#6090415
Actress Glikeria Fedotova [1846-1925] as Catherine in the play "The Thunderstorm" by Alexander Ostrovsky [1823-1886] at Moscow's May Theater in 1863.01.11.1863#411647
A rare 1862 photo of Marius Petipa as Ta-Hor in ballet "The Pharaoh's Daughter" by Cesare Pugni on display at the exhibition "Theater: Images and Relics" at the Central Exhibition Hall in Leningrad, now called St. Petersburg. 04.01.1862#177940
Russian revolutionaries Alexander Herzen (1812-1870) (right) and Nikolai Ogaryov (1813-1877) (left).16.08.1861#7398
Grand Dukes Alexander Alexandrovich, the future Emperor Alexander III [left], and Vladimir Alexandrovich [right].17.11.1860#28354
A sentry outpost on the bank of Zolotoy Rog (Golden Horn) harbour, from which Vladivostok started as the city.01.03.1860#76945
Fanny Durbach (1822-1895), Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s French governess. Photo credit: Pyotr Tchaikovsky's house museum in Klin.01.01.1860#85832
Reproduction of "Petersburg Salon" painting by unknown painter. Mid 18th century. The State Russian Museum.01.01.1860#577670
Reproduction of "Crimson Living Room" painting (mid 19th century) by artist Eduard Gau (1807-1887). The State Russian Museum.01.01.1860#577668
Portrait drawing of the great Russian writer Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) by Polina Viardo. 15.10.1858#8088
Leo Tolstoy (in military uniform) with writers, employees of the Sovremennik (Contemporary) magazine. St. Petersburg. 1856. Photo from the Tolstoy State Museum in Moscow. 25.10.1856#158569
The Sovremennik circle. Sitting: Ivan Goncharov (first from left), Ivan Turgenev (second from left), Alexander Druzhinin (first from right), Alexander Ostrovsky (first from right). Standing: Leo Tolstoy (first from left), Dmitry Grigorovich (first from right). 01.06.1856#5755
Russian peasants during field work. 19th century postcard from "Russian Characters" series.20.05.1856#141876
"Balloon Launch in Moscow". An intaglio print of the 1850s from the State History Museum depository, Moscow03.10.1855#170268