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.

Rural dining house on the picture above. 1891-1892.

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Tatar dwelling. 1891-1892.

The house of peasant died from starvation. 1891-1892.

Farmers sick with typhus. 1891-1892 .

Senior priest. 1897.

Travelers on their way to the monastery in Sarovsk.

Old ladies in a hermitage. 1897.

Hospital church in nunnery.

Monastery monk. 1897.

The same monastery. 1897.

Nizhny Novgorod.

Traditional Russian fight – fisticuffs. Nizhny Novgorod.

Nizhny Novgorod.

Two sisters. Cabaret singers.

More cabaret singers.

Trade fair in Nizhny Novgorod.

Spring flood in Nizhny Novgorod.

Fishing net drying. Volga river. 1894-1904

Volga river. 1894-1904

Kirghiz dwelling. 1894.

Some landscapes. 1894.

Types of Old Believers.

More types of Old Believers.

The famous Russian Seliger lake.

City Market in Semionov. 1897.

Volga river.

Types of Old Believers.

Some fishermen.

Oka river.

Wooden spoon manufacture.

Alexandrov bridge over the Volga river.

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