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The Belly of Petersburg. Social and Physiological Essays

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Anatoly Bakhtiarov (1851-1916) was a well-known Russian publicist, writer and local historian. In one of his most famous works, "The Belly of Petersburg," he details the workings of the huge economic mechanism that supplied St. Petersburg in the late 19th century with food, labor, and materials.
The book describes life in pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg, hidden from view: the city's slaughterhouses and water pumping stations, gluttony row and hay market; permanent and temporary inhabitants of the capital, from local slaughterhouse workers and day laborers to small businessmen and street musicians. Why are hands being slapped during the bidding process? Where does 800,000 pounds of oxblood go? Who are the Chuchonians? Will a bookseller take a book with scribbles? On these and many other questions A. Bakhtiarov answers in detail and brightly. The book also includes stories about the Education House, nochlezhki, wharves, balagans and city festivities. Up to the smallest details of the "inner kitchen" of the belly of St. Petersburg. The edition is supplemented with comments by artificial intelligence - fresh statistical data and historical references.
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