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How St. Petersburg Learned to Study Itself: The Russian Idea of Kraevedenie (Studies of the Harriman Institute)

by Emily D. Johnson

ISBN13: 9780271028729
ISBN10: 0271028726
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In the bookshops of present-day St. Petersburg, guidebooks abound. Both modern descriptions of Russia's old imperial capital and lavish new editions of pre-Revolutionary texts sell well, primarily attracting an audience of local residents. Why do Russians read one- and two-hundred-year-old guidebooks to a city they already know well? In

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ISBN:: 9780271028729
Subtitle:: The Russian Idea of Kraevedenie
Author:: Johnson, Emily D.
Publisher:: Pennsylvania State University Press
Subject:: History
Subject:: Civilization
Subject:: Historiography
Subject:: Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Subject:: Saint Petersburg (Russia) Civilization.
Subject:: Saint Petersburg (Russia) History.
Series:: Studies of the Harriman Institute
Publication Date:: June 2006
Binding:: Hardcover
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Y
Pages:: 303
Dimensions:: 9.12x6.32x1.10 in. 1.42 lbs.

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