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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Liudi Sankt-Peterburgskogo Ostrova Petrovskogo Vremeni
[ People of St. Petersburg Island of Peter`s time]
Moscow: O.G.I., 2004 487 p. [4 ill.] Serie: Natsiia i Kul`tura: Novye Issledovaniia Hardcover. 14 x 20.5 cm ISBN: 594282262X Language: Russian
This book is about the first generation of St. Petersburg who were moved by Peter the First to his new capital. It is based on the local census (podvornye perepisi) and on the civil and criminal records of local courts. The monograph covers the settlement and everyday life of city dwellers in 1718: the habits, relations between various social groups, crime and the behavior of forced labor in this unique social experiment of creating the first "European" city in Russia. Bibliography, name index.
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