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St. Petersburg: A Cultural History

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Availability:In StockContributor:Solomon VolkovPublish date:1997-02-13Pages:624
Language:EnglishPublisher:Free PressISBN-13:9780684832968ISBN-10:684832968UPC:9780684832968Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Civilization, Russia, Revolutions, Uprisings & RebellionsSize:9.08 x 6.22 x 1.54 inchesWeight:2.112Product ID:SCJ2W117ZB

St. Petersburg: A Cultural History

Long considered to be the mad dream of an imperious autocrat--the "Venice of the North," conceived in a setting of malarial swamps--St. Petersburg was built in 1703 by Peter the Great as Russia's gateway to the West. For almost 300 years this splendid city has survived the most extreme attempts of man and nature to extinguish it, from flood, famine, and disease to civil war, Stalinist purges, and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Free PressISBN-13:9780684832968ISBN-10:684832968UPC:9780684832968Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Civilization, Russia, Revolutions, Uprisings & RebellionsSize:9.08 x 6.22 x 1.54 inchesWeight:2.112Product ID:SCJ2W117ZB
Solomon Moiseyevich Volkov is a journalist and musicologist.
Publisher: Free Press

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