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Pyliaev, M.I Entsiklopediia Imperatorskogo Peterburga
Istoriia Byloi Zhizni Stolitsy Rossiiskoi Imperii
[ Encyclopedia of Imperial St. Petersburg : History of the Days of Yore of the Russian imperial capital]
Moscow: EKSMO, 2006
607 [32 ill]
Hardcover. 21 x 21 cm
ISBN: 5699151427
Language: RussianThis book is a reprint of two works by Mikhail Pyliaev (1842-1899), known as a chronicler of the traditions and life style of Russian days of yore: Zabytoe Proshloe Okrestnostei Peterburga (1889) & Staryi Peterburg: Rasskazy iz Byloi Zhizni Stolitsy (1887). Unabridged versions with modern orthography, these two works tell the interesting history of the capital and the most famous places around St. Petersburg: churches, palaces, estates, civil buildings and their owners and inhabitants, their architecture, arts, notable people, folk and court life style from the end of the 18th to the early 19th century. 436 illustrations, including 66 in color. Indices.
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