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Vasily's Island : the pearl of Petersburg / Margaret Winchell.

Title
Vasily's Island : the pearl of Petersburg / Margaret Winchell.
Author
Winchell, Margaret
Publication
Bloomington, Indiana : Slavica, 2013.

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Description
xv, 374 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : map; 23 cm
Subject
  • Vasilevsky Island (Saint Petersburg, Russia) > History
  • Saint Petersburg (Russia) > History
  • Sint-Petersburg (stad)
  • Saint Petersburg (Russia) > Intellectual life
  • Saint Petersburg (Russia) > Social life and customs
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The East. The nerve center -- The Point (Strelka): museum heaven -- Academies and universities -- Vasily's Greenwich village -- The South and North. Skilled hands -- From silks to warships: prerevolutionary industry -- From pianos to telecommunications: postrevolutionary industry -- The West. The heart of everyday life -- Home and family -- Education -- Daily bread and daily drink -- Health -- Environment -- Local self-government -- The center: the spiritual core -- Spirituality -- Worship -- Death and life -- Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 9780893573959 (paperback)
  • 0893573957 (paperback)
LCCN
  • ^^2013036619
  • 40023334796
OCLC
  • 861744792
  • SCSB-11161871
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library