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The Belly of Petersburg. Sketches of capital life

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The Belly of Petersburg. Sketches of capital life
14.99 €
Anatoly Alexandrovich Bakhtiarov, a well-known Russian publicist, writer, local historian and teacher, tells in great detail how the huge economic mechanism that supplied St. Petersburg in the late 19th century with food, labor and materials worked. Before the reader will pass a long string of vividly painted portraits of booth workers, day laborers, goldsmiths, torch workers, rag makers, crocheters, mail order workers, resellers and many other inhabitants of the Northern Capital, who jointly rotated the flywheel of the city economy. The author of the book told about the Education House, lodging houses, slaughterhouse, most of the capital's markets, wharves, balaganas, city festivities ... The publication reads vividly and contains many everyday details that sometimes take your breath away ... But the author is calm and impartial, he does not give free rein to emotions and does not make assessments ... The book is written in beautiful literary language, well illustrated and designed for a wide range of inquisitive readers.
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