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Sunlight at Midnight : St. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia by W. Bruce Lincoln (2001, Hardcover)

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For Russians, St. Petersburg has embodied power, heroism, and fortitude. It has encompassed all the things that the Russians are and that they hope to become. Opulence and artistic brilliance blended with images of suffering on a monumental scale make up the historic persona of the late W. Bruce Lincoln's lavish "biography" of this mysterious, complex city. Climate and comfort were not what Tsar Peter the Great had in mind when, in the spring of 1703, he decided to build a new capital in the muddy marshes of the Neva River delta. Located 500 miles below the Arctic Circle, this area, with its foul weather, bad water, and sodden soil, was so unattractive that only a handful of Finnish fisherman had ever settled there. Bathed in sunlight at midnight in the summer, it brooded in darkness at noon in the winter, and its canals froze solid at least five months out of every year. Yet to the Tsar, the place he named Sankt Pieter Burkh had the makings of a "paradise." His vision was soon borne out: though St. Petersburg was closer to London, Paris, and Vienna than to Russia's far-off eastern lands, it quickly became the political, cultural, and economic center of an empire that stretched across more than a dozen time zones and over three continents. In this book, revolutionaries and laborers brush shoulders with tsars, and builders, soldiers, and statesmen share pride of place with poets. For only the entire historical experience of this magnificent and mysterious city can reveal the wealth of human and natural forces that shaped the modern history of it and the nation it represents.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
0465083234
ISBN-13
9780465083237
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1777652

Product Key Features

Book Title
Sunlight at Midnight : ST. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia
Author
w. Bruce Lincoln
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Russia & the Former Soviet Union, General
Publication Year
2001
Genre
History
Number of Pages
432 Pages

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Item Length
9.2in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
29.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Dk552.L56 2001
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
00-049795
Dewey Decimal
947/.21
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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