This city drives us crazy! Fatal, brilliant and criminal Petersburg
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This city drives us crazy! Fatal, brilliant and criminal Petersburg
19.99 €
The mysterious and dark sides of St. Petersburg attract many no less than its architectural gems and white nights. Any excursion that includes the word "mystical" in its description is doomed to success, and the word "dismemberment" has long become a gloomy meme. And what's surprising, because from its very foundation the city has borne the seal of "damned", the prophecy of Evdokia Lopukhina says: "St. Petersburg will fall into the void."
Thus, having barely come into being, the city acquired a myth about its end.
In her new book, tour guide Lilia Sergeeva explores what shapes the image of St. Petersburg: its history, climate, architecture and residents. She combines various elements that make the city so unique and attractive: from ancient Finno-Ugric legends to mysterious sphinxes on the Neva, from gloomy dungeons with ghosts to cruel street gangs. Peter the Great, Gogol, Dostoevsky and Brodsky - they are all intertwined in this fascinating illustrated journey through the centuries.
Perhaps, having examined the different sides and details of the amazing mosaic of the city's image, we will begin to understand more about why Petersburgers are exactly as we know them. And, having studied the multi-colored, bright and dull fragments of the kaleidoscope called St. Petersburg, we will at least come a little closer to solving the mystery of how and why this city drives us crazy.
Thus, having barely come into being, the city acquired a myth about its end.
In her new book, tour guide Lilia Sergeeva explores what shapes the image of St. Petersburg: its history, climate, architecture and residents. She combines various elements that make the city so unique and attractive: from ancient Finno-Ugric legends to mysterious sphinxes on the Neva, from gloomy dungeons with ghosts to cruel street gangs. Peter the Great, Gogol, Dostoevsky and Brodsky - they are all intertwined in this fascinating illustrated journey through the centuries.
Perhaps, having examined the different sides and details of the amazing mosaic of the city's image, we will begin to understand more about why Petersburgers are exactly as we know them. And, having studied the multi-colored, bright and dull fragments of the kaleidoscope called St. Petersburg, we will at least come a little closer to solving the mystery of how and why this city drives us crazy.
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