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Dust jacket notes: "Over three hundred magnificent, unpublished photographs from archives in the Soviet Union recreate life as it was lived in one of Europe's most beautiful cities. Covering the years from the turn of the century to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, they capture Russia's capital on the Baltic as the nation's cultural and political center. Peter the Great and his successors intent on creating a 'Venice of the North,' engaged Europe's finest architects for its monumental buildings. These rare photographs reveal the original splendor of the city: the Orthodox churches and their elaborate ceremonies, the palaces and pageantry of the Romanovs, the elegant shops and the grand boulevards, traveled in winter by horse-drawn sleighs. They depict businesses, factories and impoverished workers, as well as citizens participating in ordinary daily life -- firemen, artists, students and dancers, at home and at work. Finally, scenes from the outbreak of war predominate, as St. Petersburg becomes Petrograd, losing its status as Russia's capital to Moscow."
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This is a portrait in photographs--300 of them--of the Russian imperial capital on the eve of its eclipse and utter transformation, which began with World War I. The volume is arranged around successive themes of the City, People, Arts, Institutions, with introductory essays to each section. Ometev is a Soviet citizen, and his love for his city is very evident. This album is the latest in a series of photographic compilations from the Russian Empire; the book that comes closest to it is Chloe Obolensky's The Russian Empire: A Portrait in Photographs ( LJ 1/80). The current work is even more evocative than Obolensky's and in a way seems curiously timely in light of the intense interest so many Soviet citizens now have in the pre-Soviet history of their country. It is a monument to imperial Russia in one of the world's most beautiful cities. --R.H. Johnston, McMaster Univ. , Hamilton, Ontario
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- PublisherVendome Pr
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0865651205
- ISBN 13 9780865651203
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages240
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