The Empire that was Russia

The Prokudin-Gorksii Photographic record recreated. Color images from the World War I era. The technique.

The Russian Record, good collection of images. The Russian Archive online, great single topic series.
Large photograph index. Another collection of images.
WWII in color, the Soviets.

The Russian army in Chechnya.

Abandoned (buildings) in Russia.

The worlds largest diamond mine, Siberia Russia. (via)