That’s a 5ft (1524mm) railway gauge which caused the Germans some difficulties later on.
Nothing really changed since then.
Putin contingency arriving for tRUmp’s arraignment in NYC, March 2023.
It’s smaller than I imagined
That’s a small empire. It looks so tiny. And look at that tiny railroad it has!
stalker
Ah, the old times when everyone was expected to wear some kind of hat. Stylish.
I’m guessing it’s part of the photographs of Prokudin-Gorskii. He was tasked by the tsar to make a photographic record of his Empire and did so. Had a collection of these photographs a while back, and it was an interesting look into the past – and a lot of regional dress and cultures.
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And possibly in 2030
That’s a 5ft (1524mm) railway gauge which caused the Germans some difficulties later on.
Nothing really changed since then.
Putin contingency arriving for tRUmp’s arraignment in NYC, March 2023.
It’s smaller than I imagined
That’s a small empire. It looks so tiny. And look at that tiny railroad it has!
stalker
Ah, the old times when everyone was expected to wear some kind of hat. Stylish.
I’m guessing it’s part of the photographs of Prokudin-Gorskii. He was tasked by the tsar to make a photographic record of his Empire and did so. Had a collection of these photographs a while back, and it was an interesting look into the past – and a lot of regional dress and cultures.