Behind the Facade. 25 Letters about St. Petersburg and Its Residents
19.99 €
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Behind the Facade. 25 Letters about St. Petersburg and Its Residents
19.99 €
Every building in St. Petersburg has a history - big, national or small, the history of life and everyday life of ordinary citizens. In one house there was a local printing house, in another - a spiritualist salon, and in the third was an inn where Nekrasov once waited for his beloved.
"Behind the Facade: 25 Letters about St. Petersburg and its People" is more than a book about architecture. It is a collection of stories about what was the life of the city in different eras. The authors of the publication, Alexei Shishkin and Elia Novopashennaya, prove that modern local history is not boring at all. After all, behind the parade facades hide the most amazing stories.
On the pages of this book neighbor Leo Tolstoy and Joseph Stalin, general luxury and communal areas, criminal past and atmospheric present. The authors of "Behind the Facade" offer to walk in the footsteps of famous and almost forgotten heroes and learn a lot about the city and the citizens. At the end of each story the reader is welcomed with "Interesting Facts", and somewhere - a selection of ideas for a walk "What to do here".
"Behind the Facade: 25 Letters about St. Petersburg and its People" is more than a book about architecture. It is a collection of stories about what was the life of the city in different eras. The authors of the publication, Alexei Shishkin and Elia Novopashennaya, prove that modern local history is not boring at all. After all, behind the parade facades hide the most amazing stories.
On the pages of this book neighbor Leo Tolstoy and Joseph Stalin, general luxury and communal areas, criminal past and atmospheric present. The authors of "Behind the Facade" offer to walk in the footsteps of famous and almost forgotten heroes and learn a lot about the city and the citizens. At the end of each story the reader is welcomed with "Interesting Facts", and somewhere - a selection of ideas for a walk "What to do here".
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