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St. Petersburg

Author : Jonathan Miles
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1681777169
Total Pages : 663 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book St. Petersburg written by Jonathan Miles and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1703 by the sheer will of its charismatic founder, the homicidal megalomaniac Peter the Great, St. Petersburg's dazzling yet unhinged reputation was quickly cemented by the sadistic dominion of its early rulers. This city, in its successive incarnations—St. Petersburg, Petrograd, Leningrad and, once again, St. Petersburg—has always been a place of perpetual contradiction.It was a window to Europe and the Enlightenment, but so much of Russia’s unique glory was also created here: its literature, music, dance, and, for a time, its political vision. It gave birth to the artistic genius of Pushkin and Dostoyevsky, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, Pavlova and Nureyev. Yet, for all its glittering palaces, fairytale balls and enchanting gardens, the blood of thousands has been spilt on its snow-filled streets.It has been a hotbed of war and revolution, a place of siege and starvation, and the crucible for Lenin and Stalin’s power-hungry brutality. In St. Petersburg, Jonathan Miles recreates the drama of three hundred years in this paradoxical and brilliant city, bringing us up to the present day, when its fate hangs in the balance once more.

St. Petersburg

Author : Arthur L. George
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book St. Petersburg written by Arthur L. George and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Petersburg covers the city's political and social history, as well as its infinite contributions to scholarship, culture, and world politics.

St.-Petersburg, Petrograd, Leningrad

Author : Evgenij Nevjakin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9785852503886
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book St.-Petersburg, Petrograd, Leningrad written by Evgenij Nevjakin and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Leningrad To St. Petersburg

Author : Robert W. Orttung
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312120801
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Book Synopsis From Leningrad To St. Petersburg by : Robert W. Orttung

Download or read book From Leningrad To St. Petersburg written by Robert W. Orttung and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1995-07-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Leningrad to St. Petersburg describes the evolution of local democratic institutions from 1987 to 1994 in Russia's most important city outside Moscow. Once the birthplace of the Bolshevik revolution, St. Petersburg now plays a central role in the struggle to overcome the communist legacy and establish democracy in Russia. This invaluable book is the first to recount the full sweep of events in this dramatic period. Professor Orttung describes the battles within the local branch of the Communist Party, its alliances with nationalist groups as it attempted to preserve its power before the 1991 putsch, and the evolution of the groups that eventually overthrew it. He goes on to describe the difficulties encountered by those groups in setting up a democratic government and pays particular attention to how their institutional choices have shaped the progress toward democratic consolidation. The book also traces the emergence of various opposition parties in the post-communist era, including the still-thriving nationalist and communist opponents of reform.

St Petersburg

Author : Jonathan Miles
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0099592797
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book St Petersburg written by Jonathan Miles and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This extraordinary book brings to life an astonishing place. Beautiful prose renders brutality vivid' The Times - BOOK OF THE WEEK From Peter the Great to Putin, this is the unforgettable story of St Petersburg – one of the most magical, menacing and influential cities in the world. St Petersburg has always felt like an impossible metropolis, risen from the freezing mists and flooded marshland of the River Neva on the western edge of Russia. It was a new capital in an old country. Established in 1703 by the sheer will of its charismatic founder, the homicidal megalomaniac Peter-the-Great, its dazzling yet unhinged reputation was quickly fashioned by the sadistic dominion of its early rulers. This city, in its successive incarnations – St Petersburg; Petrograd; Leningrad and, once again, St Petersburg – has always been a place of perpetual contradiction. It was a window on to Europe and the Enlightenment, but so much of the glory of Russia was created here: its literature, music, dance and, for a time, its political vision. It gave birth to the artistic genius of Pushkin and Dostoyevsky, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, Pavlova and Nureyev. Yet, for all its glittering palaces, fairytale balls and enchanting gardens, the blood of thousands has been spilt on its snow-filled streets. It has been a hotbed of war and revolution, a place of siege and starvation, and the crucible for Lenin and Stalin’s power-hungry brutality. In St Petersburg, Jonathan Miles recreates the drama of three hundred years in this absurd and brilliant city, bringing us up to the present day, when – once more – its fate hangs in the balance. This is an epic tale of murder, massacre and madness played out against squalor and splendour. It is an unforgettable portrait of a city and its people.

Petersburg, Crucible of Cultural Revolution

Author : Katerina Clark
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674663367
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book Petersburg, Crucible of Cultural Revolution written by Katerina Clark and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most creative periods of Russian culture and the most energized period of the Revolution coincided in 1913-1931. Clark focuses on the complex negotiations among the environment of a revolution, the utopian striving of politicians and intellectuals, the local culture system, and the arena of contemporary European and American culture.

Socialist Churches

Author : Catriona Kelly
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 150175758X
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Socialist Churches written by Catriona Kelly and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Russia, legislation on the separation of church and state in early 1918 marginalized religious faith and raised pressing questions about what was to be done with church buildings. While associated with suspect beliefs, they were also regarded as structures with potential practical uses, and some were considered works of art. This engaging study draws on religious anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, and history to explore the fate of these "socialist churches," showing how attitudes and practices related to them were shaped both by laws on the preservation of monuments and anti-religious measures. Advocates of preservation, while sincere in their desire to save the buildings, were indifferent, if not hostile, to their religious purpose. Believers, on the other hand, regarded preservation laws as irritants, except when they provided leverage for use of the buildings by church communities. The situation was eased by the growing rapprochement of the Orthodox Church and Soviet state organizations after 1943, but not fully resolved until the Soviet Union fell apart. Based on abundant archival documentation, Catriona Kelly's powerful narrative portrays the human tragedies and compromises, but also the remarkable achievements, of those who fought to preserve these important buildings over the course of seven decades of state atheism. Socialist Churches will appeal to specialists, students, and general readers interested in church history, the history of architecture, and Russian art, history, and cultural studies.

The City of the Czar

Author : Thomas Raikes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book The City of the Czar written by Thomas Raikes and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Visit to St. Petersburg, in the Winter of 1829-30

Author : Thomas Raikes
Publisher : London, Richard Bentley
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book A Visit to St. Petersburg, in the Winter of 1829-30 written by Thomas Raikes and published by London, Richard Bentley. This book was released on 1838 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The History of St. Petersburg-Petrograd, 1830-1918

Author : E. A. Kononenko
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9785902671343
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (713 download)

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Book Synopsis The History of St. Petersburg-Petrograd, 1830-1918 by : E. A. Kononenko

Download or read book The History of St. Petersburg-Petrograd, 1830-1918 written by E. A. Kononenko and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The St. Petersburg Imperial Theaters

Author : Murray Frame
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786443308
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The St. Petersburg Imperial Theaters written by Murray Frame and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The opulent St. Petersburg Imperial Theaters were subsidized and administered by the Russian court from the eighteenth century until the collapse of the tsarist order in 1917. This close association raises many questions about the uses of these theaters and where their loyalties lay in early twentieth century Russia. This history begins in 1900 with the theater flourishing but undergoing change, then chronicles the impact of war and revolution, as well as audience and administration, leading up to the effective re-establishment of state control over the theaters by the Bolsheviks in 1920. While the theaters were often allied with the forces of change, their grandeur harked back to the age of the tsars, creating an irony that is explored here in depth. Photographs and diagrams of the theaters are included, along with photographs of the central historical figures, and contemporary cartoons referring to the theaters.

The Jews of St. Petersburg

Author : Mikhail Be?zer
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
ISBN 13 : 9780827603219
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The Jews of St. Petersburg written by Mikhail Be?zer and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 1989 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Edward E. Elson EditionTranslated by Michael SherbourneSeven walking tours of the Jewish areas of this fabled city.

Petrograd 1917

Author : John Pinfold
Publisher : Bodleian Library
ISBN 13 : 9781851244607
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book Petrograd 1917 written by John Pinfold and published by Bodleian Library. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It's damned hard lines asking for bread and only getting a bullet!" The dramatic and chaotic events surrounding the Russian Revolution have been studied and written about extensively for the last hundred years, by historians and journalists alike. However, some of the most compelling and valuable accounts are those recorded by eyewitnesses, many of whom were foreign nationals caught in Petrograd at the time. Drawing from the Bodleian Library's rich collections, this book features extracts from letters, journals, diaries and memoirs written by a diverse cast of onlookers. Primarily British, the authors include Sydney Gibbes, English tutor to the royal children, Bertie Stopford, an antiques dealer who smuggled the Vladimir tiara and other Romanov jewels into the UK, and the private secretary to Lord Milner in the British War Cabinet. Contrasting with these are a memoir by Stinton Jones, an engineer who found himself sharing a train compartment with Rasputin, a newspaper report by governess Janet Jeffrey who survived a violent confrontation with the Red Army, and letters home from Labour politician, Arthur Henderson. Accompanied by seventy contemporary illustrations, these first-hand accounts are put into context with introductory notes, giving a fascinating insight into the tumultuous year of 1917.

To the Finland Station

Author : Edmund Wilson
Publisher : FSG Classics
ISBN 13 : 0374533458
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (745 download)

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Download or read book To the Finland Station written by Edmund Wilson and published by FSG Classics. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great works of modern historical writing, the classic account of the ideas, people, and politics that led to the Bolshevik Revolution Edmund Wilson's To the Finland Station is intellectual history on a grand scale, full of romance, idealism, intrigue, and conspiracy, that traces the revolutionary ideas that shaped the modern world from the French Revolution up through Lenin's arrival at Finland Station in St. Petersburg in 1917. Fueled by Wilson's own passionate engagement with the ideas and politics at play, it is a lively and vivid, sweeping account of a singular idea—that it is possible to construct a society based on justice, equality, and freedom—gaining the power to change history. Vico, Michelet, Bakunin, and especially Marx—along with scores of other anarchists, socialists, nihilists, utopians, and more—all come to life in these pages. And in Wilson's telling, their stories and their ideas remain as alive, as provocative, as relevant now as they were in their own time.

St. Petersburg

Author : George Dobson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330418079
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book St. Petersburg written by George Dobson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from St. Petersburg The Author, Mr. G. Dobson, who was for many years correspondent of the Times in St. Petersburg, aims at giving as complete an account of the Russian capital as could possibly be contained within the comparatively small compass of the present volume. The following chapters accordingly include the history of the origin of St. Petersburg, an explanation of the political ideas and objects connected with it, a critical description of the city as it appears to-day and as it impressed other writers in earlier years, and sketches of the life and types of its inhabitants. Some little attention has also been given to a somewhat neglected part of the story of its origin, that is to say, to the state of affairs in this region long before the time of Peter the Great, which rendered the creation of such a settled basis on the Neva a vital necessity for Russia's progress on European lines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Leningrad 1943

Author : Alexander Werth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857735020
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Leningrad 1943 written by Alexander Werth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Siege of Leningrad is the most powerful testimony to the immeasurable cruelty and horror of World War II. From 1941-1945, the Eastern Front was the site of some of the bloodiest atrocities of the war and the city of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, proved to be a decisive point in the conflict. German policy was resolutely determined to redraw the map of Europe, annihilate the Soviet Union and give large areas of territory to Finland. Through Hitler's ambition to completely eradicate the city and its entire population, it was decided that the most efficient method of invasion was to encircle and bombard the city into submission. After 872 days of aggression, one and a half million people lost their lives, mostly from starvation. As the sole British correspondent to have been in Leningrad during the blockade, Alexander Werth's eyewitness account presents a harrowing perspective on the savagery and destruction wrought by the Nazis against the civilian population of the city. His writing evokes compelling images of terror - the oil bombing of children's hospitals, mass starvation and cannibalism - with rich and sophisticated commentary on the internal politics of Soviet party chiefs, soldiers and civilian resistance fighters. Both an authoritative historical document and a journalistic re-telling of the overwhelming sadness, grief and futility of 20th century warfare, this is an invaluable look at one of the greatest losses of human life in recorded history.

Sunlight at Midnight

Author : Bruce Lincoln
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780465083244
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Sunlight at Midnight written by Bruce Lincoln and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2002-06-06 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Russians, St.Petersburg has embodied power, heroism and fortitude. It has encompassed all the things that the Russians are and that they hope to become. Opulence and artistic brilliance blend with images of suffering on a monumental scale to make up the historic persona the late W. Bruce Lincoln's lavish biography of this mysterious, complex city. Climate and comfort were not what Tsar Peter the Great had in mind when he decided to build a new capital in the muddy marshes of the Neva River delta. Located 500 miles below the Arctic Circle, this area, with its foul weather, bad water and sodden soil, was so unattractive that only a handful of Finnish fisherman had ever settled there. Yet to the Tsar the place he named Sankt Pieter Burkh had the makings of a paradise. His vision was soon borne out: though St. Petersburg was closer to London, Paris and Vienna than to Russian's far-off eastern lands, it quickly became the political, cultural and economic center of an empire that stretched across more than a dozen time zones and over three continents.In this book, revolutionaries and laborers brush shoulders with tsars and builders, soldiers and statesmen share pride of place with poets. For only the entire historical experience of this magnificent and mysterious city can reveal the wealth of human and natural forces that shaped the modern history of the city and the nation it represents.