Research Catalog

Title

Sunlight at midnight : St. Petersburg and the rise of modern Russia / W. Bruce Lincoln.

Author

Lincoln, W. Bruce.

Publication

New York : Basic Books, [2000], ©2000.

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Description

viii, 419 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

• "The city of St. Petersburg has encompassed all that Russians are and all that they hope to become. Home to Peter and Catherine the Great, it provided creative sustenance to Dostoevskii, Rimskii-Korsakov, Pavlova and Nizhinskii, Faberge, Gogal, and even Joseph Brodsky. Although St. Petersburg has played a role in many histories of Russia, until now there has been no definitive history of the city and all its elements. In this biography of St. Petersburg, W.
• Bruce Lincoln captures all of the city's opulence and artistic brilliance, blended with images of power, suffering and monumental heroism."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

Saint Petersburg (Russia) > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-404) and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Window on the West (1703-1796). 1. The Builders. 2. Lords of the Realm. 3. The Shadow of the Winter Palace -- Pt. 2. Imperial Colossus (1796-1855). 4. The Hub of Empire. 5. Nevskii Prospekt -- Pt. 3. Cradle of Revolution (1856-1941). 6. Modernity's Challenge. 7. The Peter and Paul Fortress. 8. On the Eve. 9. Comrades -- Pt. 4. "Hero City" (1941-1991). 10. Nine Hundred Days. 11. Together in Step. 12. Past and Present.

ISBN

• 0465083234
• 1903985005

LCCN

00049795

OCLC

• ocm45122873
• SCSB-14075628

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries