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St Petersburg
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Author : Lea Rawls
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-06-30
St Petersburg written by Lea Rawls and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-30 with categories.
Saint Petersburg is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015). An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has a status of a federal subject (a federal city). Situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, it was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May 27 [O.S. 16] 1703. On 1 September 1914, the name was changed from Saint Petersburg to Petrograd (Russian: Петрогра́д, IPA: [pʲɪtrɐˈgrat]), on 26 January 1924 to Leningrad (Russian: Ленингра́д, IPA: [lʲɪnʲɪnˈgrat]), and on 7 September 1991 back to Saint Petersburg. Between 1713 and 1728 and in 1732
Russia St Petersburg
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Author : Stephen Platt
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2018-11-15
Russia St Petersburg written by Stephen Platt and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-15 with Travel categories.
We went to St Petersburg in 2009 for a meeting on an EU project called ISAAC about heritage tourism. The May weather was marvellous and we stayed in a nice hotel next to the Fontanka River in walking distance of Nevsky Prospect. The high spot of our trip was a private tour of the Impressionist paintings in the Hermitage and Russian art in the Russian Museum. The Hermitage Museum, founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great is spectacular - lavish, ornate with the most impressive collection of art. The collections occupy a complex of six historic buildings along Palace Embankment, including the Winter Palace, home of Tsars, centre of imperial power, scene of the Bloody Sunday massacre of protesters in 1905 and subject to storming by Red Army troops in the October 1917 Revolution. We also had a boat trip to Peterhof, the Russian Versailles, begun in 1714 by Peter the Great as his Monplaisir'.
Saint Petersburg
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Author : Cathy Giangrande
language : en
Publisher: Bunker Hill Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2003
Saint Petersburg written by Cathy Giangrande and has been published by Bunker Hill Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Architecture categories.
The first guidebook to the lesser-known museums and treasures of Saint Petersburg.
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Author : Claudia Sugliano
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-07-01
Saint Petersburg written by Claudia Sugliano and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-01 with Travel categories.
St. Petersburg - the "Paris on the Neva" - escapes all attempts to label it.erhaps the most appropriate definition of the city is "a dream come true."he capital of Peter the Great is the most aristocratic and elegant city inussia, and the northernmost metropolis in Europe; it uses every imaginablepell to win the hearts of those fortunate enough to visit it. A bestiary ofphinxes and lions guard its riverside embankments, Neptune and his Nereidsook down from roofs and pediments, and, from the top of the Admiralty spire,he golden three-masted nacelle resembles the trident of the god of the sea.t. Petersburg is the city of the Hermitage, the palace and museum that holdshree million masterpieces; it is the city of magnificent, noble palaces thatouse treasures of art; and it is the city of gardens in which white marbletatues bring heroes and gods of classical mythology back to life.;Thereation of Peter the Great is also revealed in the writings of Russian'sost famous authors and poets, in the music of great composers, whose notesre played under the sky-blue vault of the Marinsky Threatre, but, most of
The Picture Of Petersburg
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Author : Heinrich Friedrich von Storch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1801
The Picture Of Petersburg written by Heinrich Friedrich von Storch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1801 with Saint Petersburg (Russia) categories.
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.
About St Petersburg
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Author : Inga Tourmann
language : en
Publisher: Jourist Verlags GmbH
Release Date :
About St Petersburg written by Inga Tourmann and has been published by Jourist Verlags GmbH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Travel categories.
Saint Petersburg, the Venice of the North, has always been the inspiration for Russian writers and poets. The unmatched architecture, the world famous Hermitage Museum and the white nights make this fabulous city truly unforgettable. Have an exciting trip through St. Petersburg together with 'About St. Petersburg. Talking City Guide'. Read the thrilling tales about the loveliest sights and get to know St. Petersburg as it is today. The city guide is remarkable in two main respects: • This book can not only be read but also heard. All the texts are read out by a professional speaker. • You can see all the city sights on the offline maps included, or you can call up the online maps from the chapter by clicking on a link. The maps and photos in this city guide will help you to cope while in St. Petersburg. You must get to know this city yourself and enjoy its beauty and secrets. The guide will tell you about the 17 most interesting sights: • Nevsky Prospect • The Kazan Cathedral • Palace Square and the Winter Palace • The State Hermitage Museum • Peter’s Summer Palace and Summer Garden • The Marble Palace • The Peter and Paul Fortress • Savior on the Blood • Vasilievsky Island • St. Isaac's Cathedral and Square • The Manege • Mariinsky Theater • St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral • Alexander Nevsky Monastery • Smolny • Peterhof • Tsarskoye Selo
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Author : George Dobson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1910
St Petersburg written by George Dobson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1910 with Leningrad categories.
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Author : Catriona Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2014-02-28
St Petersburg written by Catriona Kelly and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-28 with History categories.
DIVFragile, gritty, and vital to an extraordinary degree, St. Petersburg is one of the world’s most alluring cities—a place in which the past is at once ubiquitous and inescapably controversial. Yet outsiders are far more familiar with the city’s pre-1917 and Second World War history than with its recent past./divDIV /divDIVIn this beautifully illustrated and highly original book, Catriona Kelly shows how creative engagement with the past has always been fundamental to St. Petersburg’s residents. Weaving together oral history, personal observation, literary and artistic texts, journalism, and archival materials, she traces the at times paradoxical feelings of anxiety and pride that were inspired by living in the city, both when it was socialist Leningrad, and now. Ranging from rubbish dumps to promenades, from the city’s glamorous center to its grimy outskirts, this ambitious book offers a compelling and always unexpected panorama of an extraordinary and elusive place./div
Saint Petersburg
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Author : Marina Grigoryeva
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Saint Petersburg written by Marina Grigoryeva and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Architecture categories.