International politics of Russia and European countries on the eve of the First World War (1914-1918)

Arrival of the imperial yacht "Alexandria" with the President of France Poincaré R. and Nicholas II on board in St.

Petersburg on July 20, 1914. Representatives of the aristocracy greet Poincaré.

The yacht approaches the pier.

Poincaré and Nicholas II on the deck of the yacht before disembarking.

Poincaré and Nicholas II cross the gangway onto the pier.

Members of the French delegation pass by.

Russian military greet Poincaré.

Poincaré and Nicholas II inspect the guard of honor.

French President Poincaré and Nicholas II inspect the guard of honour.

Poincaré and members of the French delegation walk across the square.

Poincaré and his entourage at the entrances to buildings and palaces during ceremonial receptions in honour of the French delegation.

Poincaré and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna under a canopy during a military parade in Krasnoye Selo held in honour of Poincaré.

Guards units march in ceremonial formation in front of Nicholas II, who is sitting on horseback.

Poincaré and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna under a canopy during a military parade in Krasnoye Selo.

Guards cavalry units march past.

A military automobile unit at the parade in Krasnoye Selo.

Poincaré and Nicholas II descend the steps to the automobile after the end of the parade, get into the automobile and drive away.

Poincaré, Nicholas II and their entourage inspect the formation of one of the Russian Guards units.

Poincaré walks along the gangway aboard a ship after finishing his visit to Russia.

A tugboat tows a passenger liner out of the port waters.

A photograph of Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I signing an ultimatum to Serbia.

Photograph of Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I signing an ultimatum to Serbia.

Viennese read the text of the Austrian ultimatum to Serbia, posted on the wall of a building on July 23, 1914.

Viennese read the text of the Austrian ultimatum to Serbia, posted on the wall of a building on July 23, 1914. Newspaper production in a printing house.

The yacht of German Emperor Wilhelm II enters the port in late July 1914. Wilhelm II descends the gangway.

The Kaiser walks to the car.

Wilhelm II gets into a car on the pier, the Kaiser's motorcade moves off.

Berliners greet the Kaiser on the sidewalks as he returns to Berlin.

Wilhelm II's carriage drives to the palace.

A passenger train travels at high speed through France (above).

Views and landscapes outside the train window.

Views and landscapes of France from the train window.

View of part of the patriotic demonstration in Paris at the end of July 1914 (panorama, top).

Panorama of part of the Bastille square in Paris during the patriotic demonstration (top).

Panorama of part of the Place de la Bastille in Paris during a patriotic demonstration (top).

Nicholas II with his daughters descending the stairs in the Moscow Kremlin.

Nicholas II with his daughters getting into a carriage.

Panorama of Westminster Abbey in London.

British ministers at the entrance to the building.

First Lord of the Admiralty Churchill W. gets out of the car, looks at his watch.

Warships of the British fleet before going out to sea.

Production processes in the workshops of military factories.

Construction of warships.

Manual assembly of fuses for artillery ammunition.

Manufacture of artillery ammunition in the workshop of one of the military factories (panorama).

Photographs of the streets of Belgrade.

Photograph of the head of the Serbian government Nikola Pasic.

Photographs of the streets of Serbian cities.

Photograph of Wilhelm II. Senior German officers before the start of an operational meeting.

The train departs from the station.

A meeting of ministers of European countries.

Letters and keyboard of a telegraph apparatus.

British Army units line up on the square (top).

Austrian Horse Artillery unit on the march.

Heavy artillery guns fire on Belgrade on July 29, 1914, interspersed with a photograph of the aftermath of the shelling of Belgrade.

Destruction in Belgrade.

General M. V. Alekseyev and Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich among the officers of the Headquarters.

Russian troops marching.

The ceremony of lighting the banners of one of the regiments of the Russian Imperial Army.

Russian infantry on the march.

Panorama of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St.

Petersburg.

Portrait of Wilhelm II. Photograph of Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna in their office in Tsarskoye Selo.

Transmission of telegrams, working telegraph apparatus.

Minister of War V.A. Sukhomlinov talks to the military during an inspection of new equipment.

Photographs of the interiors of the Winter Palace.

Photograph of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire Sazonov.

Panorama of the patriotic manifestation on Palace Square after the publication of the Imperial Manifesto of August 2, 1914. Text of the Decree of Nicholas II on mobilization.

Photograph of officers at the telegraph apparatus.

Participants in the patriotic manifestation on Palace Square.

Nicholas II and his wife greet the demonstrators from the balcony of the Winter Palace.

Panorama of a part of the patriotic manifestation.

Workers exit the factory gates.

Patriotic processions with portraits of Nicholas II and the Empress and the Heir Tsarevich.

Patriotic procession in early August 1914 with portraits of Nicholas II and the Empress and Heir Tsarevich after the declaration of war on Germany.