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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b12128479.
- catalog coverage "Saint Petersburg (Russia) History.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-404) and index.".
- catalog description "Window on the West (1703-1796) -- The Builders -- Lords of the Realm -- The Shadow of the Winter Palace -- Imperial Colossus (1796-1855) -- The Hub of Empire -- Nevskii Prospekt -- Cradle of Revolution (1856-1941) -- Modernity's Challenge -- The Peter and Paul Fortress -- On the Eve -- Comrades -- "Hero City" (1941-1991) -- Nine Hundred Days -- Together in Step -- Past and Present.".
- catalog extent "viii, 419 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Sunlight at midnight.".
- catalog identifier "0465083234".
- catalog isFormatOf "Sunlight at midnight.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boulder, CO : Basic Books,".
- catalog relation "Sunlight at midnight.".
- catalog spatial "Saint Petersburg (Russia) History.".
- catalog subject "947/.21 21".
- catalog subject "DK552 .L56 2000x".
- catalog tableOfContents "Window on the West (1703-1796) -- The Builders -- Lords of the Realm -- The Shadow of the Winter Palace -- Imperial Colossus (1796-1855) -- The Hub of Empire -- Nevskii Prospekt -- Cradle of Revolution (1856-1941) -- Modernity's Challenge -- The Peter and Paul Fortress -- On the Eve -- Comrades -- "Hero City" (1941-1991) -- Nine Hundred Days -- Together in Step -- Past and Present.".
- catalog title "Sunlight at midnight : St. Petersburg and the rise of modern Russia / W. Bruce Lincoln.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".