The photographs in this rich collection of timeless images captures St. Petersburg - the capital of Imperial Russia - in its heyday in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. Tsarist Russia is shown as the personification of all that is splendid in a disappearing world; a world of unimaginable wealth and concentrated power. Accurately portraying a flamboyant world that was soon to pass and foreseeing darker days ahead; St. Petersburg's master photographers; led by the famous early chronicler Karl Bulla; here reveal their St. Petersburg; the imperial capital of splendor and foreboding; of certainties and contradictions. The book includes 120 photographs of the city in all her glory; her famous people and their lavish styles; all collected from the Central State Archive of Film and Photo Documents of St. Petersburg.
1997-06Original language:English #File Name: 190068832831 pages
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