BBC Documentaries - The Tsar's Last Picture Show

Seizoen: 2003 - Aflevering: 16 / 433 - Eerst uitgezonden: 26 mei 2003 - Episode ID: 596284

On the 300th anniversary of the founding of St Petersburg, historian and author Orlando Figes explores the life of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky who was commissioned by the Tsar to document his vast realm on film; and presents a striking visual portrait, both of Russia on the eve of revolution and St Petersburg today.