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The Companion Guide to St Petersburg (Paperback)
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The Companion Guide to St Petersburg (Paperback)
Series: Companion Guides
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The Companion Guide to St Petersburg was first published in spring
2003 to coincide with the tercentenary of the founding of the
city.Most visitors to St Petersburg have heard at least four facts
about it: that it is 'the Venice of the North'; that a vast number
of workmen, perhaps a hundred thousand, died in the early years of
its construction; that it was built on uninhabited marshes; and
that it was founded on territory which did not and never had
belonged to Russia. These 'facts' have one feature in common: none
of them is true. Few people can say this with more authority that
Kyril Zinovieff, who comes from a family associated with the
administration of St Petersburg since the eighteenth century. He
recalls being taken as a child in 1917 to see the damage done to
the Winter Palace - which he found regettably unspectacular. And
more: 'My sister and I may have been two of the last people still
alive to have seen Rasputin' is the startling beginning of another
chapter. His knowledge of the history of his city, where every
stone tells a story, is encyclopaedic; his respect for the
spiritual strength of its inhabitants unbounded; he has produced a
work of charm, humour and erudition with a unique insight into this
amazing city. KYRIL ZINOVIEFF, as Kyril Fitzlyon, has made noted
translations from the Russian, including the Diary of Vaslav
Nijinsky; this book has been written with JENNY HUGHES, formerly of
the Economist and the Guardian.
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