St. Petersburg : Russia's window to the future--the first three centuries / Arthur L. George with Elena George.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: George, Arthur L.
Other Authors: George, Elena
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, [Md.] : Taylor Trade Publishing, 2003.
Edition:1st Taylor Trade Publishing ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • A giant's vision : a new national life
  • Building Peter's paradise
  • Life in Peter's paradise
  • Decline and rebirth
  • Looking like Europe : Elizabeth's Petersburg
  • Thinking like Europe : the Petersburg of Catherine II
  • Petersburg under the errant knight
  • Crossroads : Alexander I and the Decembrist rebellion
  • Pushkin's St. Petersburg, imperial St. Petersburg
  • Dostoevsky's St. Petersburg
  • From world of art to apocalypse
  • Cradle of revolution and despair
  • Becoming Leningrad : the revenge of Muscovy
  • Hero city
  • Rocking the cradle
  • The revenge of St. Petersburg.