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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

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

ISBN13: 9780271028729
ISBN10: 0271028726
Condition: Standard
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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.
Copyright:
2006
Series:
Studies of the Harriman Institute
Publication Date:
June 2006
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
303
Dimensions:
912x632x110 142
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