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  St Petersburg: a Cultural History (Paperback) By (author) Solomon Volkov, Translated by Antonia W. Bouis

  

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  Short Description for St Petersburg: a Cultural History A compelling portrait of a city and its transcendent artistic and spiritual legacy--written by a cultural historian who has known some of the greatest figures of modern St. Petersburg, including Balanchine, Shostakovich, Akhmatova, and Brodsky. "A rich and enjoyable work."--"The Economist." of photos.
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  • Publisher: The Free Press
  • Published: 24 February 1997
  • Format: Paperback 648 pages
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  • Categories: Cultural Studies | European History | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
  • ISBN 13: 9780684832968 ISBN 10: 0684832968
  • Sales rank: 566,870

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Full description for St Petersburg: a Cultural History

• A Russian emigre draws a panoramic view of the cosmopolitan culture that thrived over three centuries in Russia's "Gateway to the West," producing such figures as Stravinsky, Nabokov, Balanchine, and Chagall