Uma ucabanga ukuthi izithombe zemibala zivela maduzane, khona-ke uyiphutha. Eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule, umdwebi wezithombe onolwazi futhi ovelele uSergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky wathatha umndeni wasebukhosini esithombeni.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi baqala ukuba nemibala. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi ubizwa ngokuthi "umbala" wokuqala wezithombe zaseRussia. I-Gorsky idale ukubonakala kombala, isebenzisa indlela yezithombe ezintathu zokubala.
Umculi wahamba okuningi futhi wathatha okuningi. Uma ubheka lezi zithombe, kunzima ukukholelwa ukuthi zenziwe eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule. Noma kunjalo, kunjalo. Sikunikeza izithombe ezingu-28 zombala zekhulu lokugcina ezenziwe ngumthwebuli wezithombe waseRussia.
1. Owesifazane wase-Armenia ogqoke izingubo zomhlaba ngokumelene nemingcele emifula yamagquma ase-Artvinsky. I-Contemporary Turkey, ngo-1910.
2. Emir ebusweni edolobheni laseBukhara Seyyid Mohammed Alim Khan enenkemba. I-Dushanbe yanamuhla. Unyaka we-1910.
3. I-Self-portrait yeGorsky emfuleni wezintaba iKorolistskali. I-Batumi, eGeorgia.
4. Isitshalo se-Metallurgical edolobheni lase Kasli. Isitshalo esidala kunazo zonke eRussia ngokukhiqizwa kwemikhiqizo yensimbi. I-Chelyabinsk, ngo-1910.
5. Gorsky on the trolley. Umgwaqo waseMurmansk ngaseLake Onega.
6. Ugogo ngasemuva komfula uSim. Isifunda saseChelyabinsk.
7. Isakhiwo esakhiwe esakhiweni seDolobheni laseB Belozersk. Unyaka we-1909.
8. Umbono othakazelisayo, ovula eTbilisi evela eSontweni likaSt. David, ngo-1910.
9. Strict Khan we-Russian protorate yedolobha laseKhorezm Isfandiyar Yurdji Bahadur. I-Contemporary Uzbekistan, ngo-1910.
10. Abasimili baphumula emva komsebenzi omude wokuqoqa amahhashi. I-Mariinsky Canal, ngo-1909.
11. Amasiko aqinile emphakathini wendawo. I-Dagestan, 1910.
12. Owesifazane ozogqoke izingubo zomhlaba ezihlahleni ngaphansi kwelanga. I-Georgia, ngo-1910.
13. Indawo yasendaweni ngemuva kwesakhiwo samatshe. I-Dagestan, 1910.
14. Chernihiv lock on the novoladozhsky canal. Ngokumelene nesizinda senza umuntu omdala kunomsebenzi wakhe - uPinchus Karlinsky. Uneminyaka engu-84 ubudala, abangu-60 abasebenza kuwo emoyeni.
15. Idolobha elincane elisemaphandleni ka-Artvin. I-Contemporary Turkey, ngo-1910.
16. Ikhompeli elihle kakhulu laseSt. UNicholas Wonderworker. UMozysysk, unyaka we-1911.
17. U-Uzbek uthisha nabafundi bakhe abangamaJuda eSamarkand. I-Contemporary Uzbekistan, ngo-1910.
18. Idolobha elidumile laseTrans-Siberia. Ngalesi sizinda umqhubi wesiteshi ubeka, 1909.
19. Abasebenzi balungiselela ukuthulukisa isitimela sokukhiya kwedamu ngaphesheya koMfula i-Oka, ngo-1912.
20. Owesifazane wase-Uzbek ophethweni eduze kwasekhaya eSamarkand. I-Uzbekistan, ngo-1912.
21. Umbono othakazelisayo ovulekile emgodini weMezhevaya Duck kanye neSonto lomprofethi oNgcwele u-Eliya. Isifunda Sverdlovsk, 1912.
22. Umfana usondela eduze komfula uSim. Isifunda saseChelyabinsk, 1910.
23. Isithwala samanzi ngokusekelwe ngemuva kwezakhiwo ezingenalutho zaseSamarkand. I-Uzbekistan yanamuhla. Unyaka we-1910.
24. Amanzi ahlanzekile aseLindoser. UPetrozavodsk, ngonyaka ka-1910.
25. Buka ngesitshalo esingapheli eKuhn. I-Khabarovsk Territory, ngo-1912.
26. Izingane zihlezi emthambekeni weLwandle LwaseLwandle oluMhlophe olubhekene nesimo sekhaya lesonto elimhlophe. I-Vologda Region, 1909.
27. Umbono othakazelisayo, ovula echwebeni eNtabeni Chernyavsky. Sukhumi, Abkhazia.
28. Umfana osemuva ubuhle obuhle bezintaba zase-Ural, ngo-1910.