Сызрань / Syzran in original photographs from about 1900

Дореволюционная Россия на фотографиях Сызрань около 1900 Pre-revolutionary Russia in photographs Syzran about 1900 Here I present an album of photographs from about 1900 of the town of Syzran situated on the River Volga in the province of Samara. The town was founded in 1683 as a fortress and grew into an important trading centre being granted town status in 1796. Music: From the Sonata in B-flat Major for Piano by D. Bortnyansky