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Maksim Dmitriev was born in 1858 in Tambov province. At the age of 15 he became an apprentice of the famous photographer of that time - M.P. Nastiukov, where he obtained basic knowledge about the art of photography. He became famous at the beginning of the 90-s of the XIX century after representation of the exposition called “Bad harvest in Nizhny Novgorod region”, where he showed ruined villages and sick and starving peasants. With this exposition he became the founder of the photo report genre in Russia.
Senior priest. 1897.
Old ladies in a hermitage. 1897.
The same monastery. 1897.
Nizhny Novgorod.
More cabaret singers.
Fishing net drying. Volga river. 1894-1904
Volga river. 1894-1904
Types of Old Believers.
City Market in Semionov. 1897.
Types of Old Believers.
Some fishermen.
Oka river.
Wooden spoon manufacture.
Alexandrov bridge over the Volga river.