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The soul of St. Petersburg

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The soul of St. Petersburg
29.99 €
The collected works of Nikolai Pavlovich Antsiferov (1889–1958) are a classic of St. Petersburg studies and one of the pinnacles of Russian essay writing. The author, one of the founders of Russian literary regional studies and a student of the renowned medievalist and theorist of excursions, I.M. Grevs, doesn't simply describe the city—he seeks its living soul, hidden in stone, history, and literature. Here, St. Petersburg is not just a place, but a complex organism, generating myths and absorbing destinies. Antsiferov masterfully weaves reality and fiction, architectural details and poetic images, historical facts and legends.

This book is a profound reflection on the paradoxical nature of the phantom city, majestic and ghostly, embodying the will of the empire and becoming a symbol of its tragedies. This is a guide not to the streets, but to the cultural codes and dreams of St. Petersburg, written with rare love and insight.
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