History Of St Petersburg
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St Petersburg
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Author : Solomon Volkov
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-06-15
St Petersburg written by Solomon Volkov and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-15 with History categories.
The definitive cultural biography of the “Venice of the North” and its transcendent artistic and spiritual legacy, written by Russian emerge and acclaimed cultural historian, Solomon Volkov. 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 the epic 900-day siege by Hitler's armies. It has even been renamed twice, and became St. Petersburg again only in 1991. Yet not only has it retained its special, almost mystical identity as the schizophrenic soul of modern Russia, but it remains one of the most beautiful and alluring cities in the world. Now Solomon Volkov, a Russian emigre and acclaimed cultural historian, has written the definitive cultural biography of this city and its transcendent artistic and spiritual legacy. For Pushkin, Gogol, and Dostoyevsky, Petersburg was a spectral city that symbolized the near-apocalyptic conflicts of imperial Russia. As the monarchy declined, allowing intellectuals and artists to flourish, Petersburg became a center of avant-garde experiment and flamboyant bohemian challenge to the dominating power of the state, first czarist and then communist. The names of the Russian modern masters who found expression in St. Petersburg still resonate powerfully in every field of art: in music, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich; in literature, Akhmatova, Blok, Mandelstam, Nabokov, and Brodsky; in dance, Diaghilev, Nijinsky, and Balanchine; in theater, Meyerhold; in painting, Chagall and Malevich; and many others, whose works are now part of the permanent fabric of Western civilization. Yet no comprehensive portrait of this thriving distinctive, and highly influential cosmopolitan culture, and the city that inspired it, has previously been attempted.
History Of St Petersburg
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Author : Karl Hiram Grismer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1924
History Of St Petersburg written by Karl Hiram Grismer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1924 with Saint Petersburg (Fla.) categories.
History Of St Petersburg
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Author : Karl H. Grismer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-10
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St Petersburg
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Author : Arthur George
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2023-03-30
St Petersburg written by Arthur George and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-30 with History categories.
Covers Petersburg's political, social, economic, architectural, cultural and intellectual history, recounting events of world importance, and the often tragic lives of the city's many great citizens. This book focuses on the city's key role as a link to the West and in modernizing Russia and encouraging the growth of civil society.
Sunlight At Midnight
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Author : Bruce Lincoln
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2009-04-28
Sunlight At Midnight written by Bruce Lincoln and has been published by Basic Books 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.
St Petersburg
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Author : Kathleen Berton Murrell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
St Petersburg written by Kathleen Berton Murrell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Saint Petersburg (Russia) categories.
Hidden History Of St Petersburg
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Author : Will Michaels
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2016-07-25
Hidden History Of St Petersburg written by Will Michaels and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-25 with Photography categories.
City historian Will Michaels explores a wide swath of hidden history in one of Florida's largest cities. Florida is one of the most visited places in the world, and one of its most visited cities is St. Petersburg. But there's a lot more to the "Sunshine City" than pristine beaches. During his travels to sunny St. Pete, James Brown discovered local jazz artist LeRoy Flemmings Jr. Doc Webb's World's Most Unusual Drug Store attracted customers and spectators from afar. Babe Ruth's longest home run ever was launched from the city. William Straub had a great vision for the area's treasured waterfront park system, and the historic Vinoy Hotel was instrumental in launching the downtown renaissance.
Kollekcija Gosudarstvennogo Muzeja Istorii Sankt Peterburga
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Author : Александр Николаевич Колякин
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Kollekcija Gosudarstvennogo Muzeja Istorii Sankt Peterburga written by Александр Николаевич Колякин and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
St Petersburg 1703 1825
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Author : A. Cross
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2003-08-12
St Petersburg 1703 1825 written by A. Cross and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08-12 with History categories.
A collection of nine articles written by leading scholars in Britain, Ireland, Italy and the USA on various aspects of the city of St Petersburg during the important first century and a quarter of its existence, from its founding in 1703 to the end of the reign of Alexander I. Cartography, architecture, social history and foreign perceptions are some of the subjects covered in these lively and informed essays.
St Petersburg
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Author : Scott Taylor Hartzell
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2002
St Petersburg written by Scott Taylor Hartzell and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
Voices of America: St. Petersburg is peppered with anecdotes, documented histories, and journalistic accounts. Revealed inside is the impact that Swedish immigrant Josef Henschen had in birthing and naming the city. Readers will experience the coming of the Orange Belt Railroad and delve into the lives of pioneers, including postmaster Roy Hanna, cowboy Jay Starkey, and mayor and builder A.C. Pheil. They will travel to the day the 1921 hurricane struck and revel in the antics of mayors Noel Mitchell and Frank Fortune Pulver. Historic photographs, including scenes from Williams Park and the Princess Martha Hotel, abound in this book. C. Perry Snell's rise as a local developer is documented. George Gandy's bridge, once the nation's largest over-water span, is featured, as is the Coliseum, once the nation's most celebrated dance hall. Recognized also is the valor of the Rev. Enoch Davis and Chester James Sr., local civil rights leaders.