By The Banks Of The Neva
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By The Banks Of The Neva
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Author : Anthony Cross
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1997
By The Banks Of The Neva written by Anthony Cross and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
This book offers a unique and fascinating investigation into the lives and careers of the British in eighteenth-century Russia and, more specifically, into the development of a vibrant British community in St Petersburg during the city's first century of existence as the new capital of an ever-expanding Russian empire. Based on an extremely wide use of primary sources, particularly archival, from Britain and Russia, the book concentrates on the activities of the British within various fields such as commerce, the navy, the medical profession, science and technology and the arts, and ends with a broad survey of travellers and of travel accounts, many of them completely unknown. Also included are many attractive and unusual illustrations which help demonstrate the variety and character of Russia's British community.
On The Banks Of The River Neva
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Author : Boris Sokoloff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
On The Banks Of The River Neva written by Boris Sokoloff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with History categories.
St Petersburg
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Author : Jonathan Miles
language : en
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Release Date : 2019-05-14
St Petersburg written by Jonathan Miles and has been published by Pegasus Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-14 with History categories.
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 And The British
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Author : Anthony Glenn Cross
language : en
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Release Date : 2008
St Petersburg And The British written by Anthony Glenn Cross and has been published by White Lion Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with British categories.
The British links with St Petersburg date back to the very year of its foundation and have continued almost unbroken to the present day. Anthony Cross narrates the story of this vibrant and tragic city through the first-hand accounts of its British residents and visitors. A unique anthology of St Petersburg's culture, politics, architecture, commerce, recreation and everyday life, this book includes extracts by Daniel Defoe, Lewis Carroll, W. Somerset Maughan, H.G. Wells, Isaiah Berlin, J.B. Priestley and Alan Sillitoe.
Water And Blood A Kid S Guide To St Petersburg Russi
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Author : Penelope Dyan
language : en
Publisher: Bellissima Publishing
Release Date : 2011-06-01
Water And Blood A Kid S Guide To St Petersburg Russi written by Penelope Dyan and has been published by Bellissima Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The land along the Neva River has been part of Ancient Russia since the 9th century AD and has harbored a mixed population of Slavs, Finns and others. In 1240, while Southern and Central Russia fought the Mongol invasion, a Swedish invasion landed on the banks of the Neva River. The Novgorod troops of Prince Alexander met the invaders on July 15, 1240 and were victorious. In the 16th century land along the Neva River became part of the centralized Russian state, Muscovite Russia. However, in the the 17th century unrest began after the last Tsar of the Riurik dynasty, Fiodor Ioanovich, the son of Ivan the Terrible, died leaving no heirs to the throne. The new ruler, Vasily Shuisky, invited the Swedes to fight on his side. The Swedes realized how weak Russia was, and instead decided to take a significant portion of North-Western Russia. The new Romanov dynasty was established in 1613. Russia suffered territorial losses. A new border between Russia and Sweden was established by the Stolbovo Treaty of 1617. For the remainder of the century the Neva River was a part of Sweden, and the Swedes cut off Russia from all Baltic trade routes. By the end of the 17th century Peter the Great was determined to change the status quo, regain access to the Baltic Sea and establish stronger ties with the West. In the hope of achieving these goals he embarked on the Northern War with Sweden (1700-1721). In 1703 the Russians gained control over the Neva river and on May 16, 1703 (May 27 - by the modern calendar) he founded the city of St. Petersburg on the banks of the river. Travel vicariously to his grand place seeped in a history of blood, and travel along the river with photographer John D. Weigand and attorney, former teacher and award winning author, Penelope Dyan; and see what they saw on their journey. There is also a video on YouTube (on Bellissimavideo) that adds to the experience of this large print meant for little eyes book with an early reader vocabulary.
Essays On David Hume Medical Men And The Scottish Enlightenment
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Author : Roger L. Emerson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-13
Essays On David Hume Medical Men And The Scottish Enlightenment written by Roger L. Emerson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-13 with History categories.
The Scottish Enlightenment was a period of intellectual and scientific progress, in a country previously considered to be marginal to the European intellectual scene. Yet the enlightenment was not about politeness or civic humanism, but something more basic - the making of an improved society which could compete in every way in a rapidly changing world. David Hume, writing in 1752, commented that 'industry, knowledge and humanity are linked together by an indissoluble chain'. Collectively this volume of essays embraces many of the topics which Hume included under 'industry, knowledge and humanity': from the European Enlightenment and the Scots relation to it, to Scottish social history and its relation to religion, science and medicine. Overarching themes of what it meant to be enlightened in the eighteenth century are considered alongside more specific studies of notable figures of the period, such as Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, and David Hume, and the training and number of Scottish medical students. Together, the volume provides an opportunity to step back and reconsider the Scottish Enlightenment in its broader context and to consider what new directions this field of study might take.
Information And Empire
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Author : Simon Franklin
language : en
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Release Date : 2017-11-27
Information And Empire written by Simon Franklin and has been published by Open Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-27 with History categories.
From the mid-sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century Russia was transformed from a moderate-sized, land-locked principality into the largest empire on earth. How did systems of information and communication shape and reflect this extraordinary change? Information and Mechanisms of Communication in Russia, 1600-1850 brings together a range of contributions to shed some light on this complex question. Communication networks such as the postal service and the gathering and circulation of news are examined alongside the growth of a bureaucratic apparatus that informed the government about its country and its people. The inscription of space is considered from the point of view of mapping and the changing public ‘graphosphere’ of signs and monuments. More than a series of institutional histories, this book is concerned with the way Russia discovered itself, envisioned itself and represented itself to its people. Innovative and scholarly, this collection breaks new ground in its approach to communication and information as a field of study in Russia. More broadly, it is an accessible contribution to pre-modern information studies, taking as its basis a country whose history often serves to challenge habitual Western models of development. It is important reading not only for specialists in Russian Studies, but also for students and non-Russianists who are interested in the history of information and communications.
Sunlight At Midnight
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Author : Bruce Lincoln
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-04-28
Sunlight At Midnight written by Bruce Lincoln and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-28 with History categories.
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 blended with images of suffering on a monumental scale make up the historic persona of 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, in the spring of 1703, 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. Bathed in sunlight at midnight in the summer, it brooded in darkness at noon in the winter, and its canals froze solid at least five months out of every year. 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 Russia'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 it and the nation it represents.
Before The Dawn
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Author : Lydia Lvovna Pimenoff Noble
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-03
Before The Dawn written by Lydia Lvovna Pimenoff Noble and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-03 with categories.
Excerpt from Before the Dawn: A Story of Russian Life On the first morning of his holidays at the Lyceum, John Forsyth set out for the river, and hoarded a steamer at the quay. The frost had all vanished; the flood, now at its height, sparkled in the May sun from a million dancing facets; already the sudden green of a St. Petersburg spring had fringed both banks of the Neva. An Italian sky now overarched the northernmost capital of Europe, where nature seemed to have transformed a mere icefield dotted with habitations into a Swiss paradise with its blue and flowing Rhohne. The schoolmaster not only felt with exhilaration the metamorphosis which annually astonishes foreigners in the Russian capital; there was something in the sights and scenes around him that harmonized with his own mood. 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."
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
The Encyclopaedia Britannica written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Encyclopedias and dictionaries categories.