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St Petersburg, 1703-1825
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A collection of nine articles written by leading scholars in Britain, Ireland, Italy and the USA on various aspects of the city of St Petersburg during the important first century and a quarter of its existence, from its founding in 1703 to the end of the reign of Alexander I. Cartography, architecture, social history and foreign perceptions are some of the subjects covered in these lively and informed essays.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- St Petersburg, 1703ā1825
- Contents
- List of Maps and Plates
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 St Petersburg and Geographies of Modernity in Eighteenth-Century Russia
- 2 St Petersburg during the Reign of Anna Ivanovna: The Forbes/Maas Chart and the Evolution of the Early Mapping of the City
- 3 The English Embankment
- 4 A Venice of the North? Italian Views of St Petersburg
- 5 Compiling and Maintaining St Petersburgās āBook of City Inhabitantsā: The āRealā City Inhabitants
- 6 Governing the City: St Petersburg and Catherine IIās Reforms
- 7 Petersburg Actresses On and Off Stage (1775ā1825)
- 8 Peter the Greatās St Petersburg in the Works of Pavel Svināin (1787ā1839)
- 9 Vreden sever: The Decembristsā Memories of the Peter-Paul Fortress
- Index
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