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St Petersburg : shadows of the past / Catriona Kelly.

by Kelly, Catriona.

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Yale University Press, c2014.

Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- History -- 20th century.

Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.

Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Description and travel.

9780300169188 (hc.)

xvi, 464 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Moscow Station and Palace Bridge -- Making a home on the Neva -- "The Hermitage and my own front door" -- Initiation into the working class -- Eliseev and Aprashka -- Theatre street -- From Nord to Saigon -- The twenty-seventh kilometre -- Burying the city.

"One of the world's most alluring cities - a place where the past is ubiquitous and controversial. We are far more familiar with the city's pre-1917 and Second World War history than with its recent past. Weaving together oral history, personal observation, literary and artistic texts, journalism, and archival materials, the author traces the at times paradoxical feelings of anxiety and pride that were inspired by living in the city, both when it was Soviet Leningrad, and now. Ranging from rubbish dumps to promenades, from the city's glamorous center to its grimy outskirts - a compelling panorama of an elusive place. Catriona Kelly is Professor of Russian at the University of Oxford and the author of many books about Russian literature and culture. She lives in Oxford and St. Petersburg"--Provided by publisher.

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