Preserving Petersburg: History, Memory, Nostalgia

by HelenaGoscilo (Author), StephenM.Norris (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $33.36

  For more than three centuries, St Petersburg, founded in 1703 by Peter the Great as Russia's westward-oriented capital and as a visually stunning showcase of Russia's imperial ambitions, has been the country's most mythologized city. This volume traces the ways in which St Petersburg has become a museum piece, embodying history, and nostalgia.