Antiquariaat Jacob E. van Ruller: Russia/Soviet Union
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Russia / Revolution and CIVIL War 1917-1921
Viking. 2022. 576 pages, hardback with dustjacket, illustrations, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. Good copy.
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€ 15.00 [Appr.: US$ 17.05 | £UK 12.75 | JP¥ 2431]
Catalogue: Russia/Soviet Union
Keywords: Russia/History/Russian revolution/Civil War /1917 - 1921
St. Petersburg. Portrait of an Imperial City
New York, The Vendome Press. 1990, 1st edition. 4to. Hardcover with dustjacket .240 pp. with over 300 magnificent, high-quality photographs from archives in the former Soviet Union. The book vividly illustrates the various aspects of urban life in Saint Petersburg from the turn of the century to the outbreak of World War I. The stunning photographs show clearly the great contrasts between the various classes of people. Fine views of the city's palaces and pictures of the Tsars and other members of the upper classes are mixed with vivid pictures of the elegant shops and grand boulevards, and of the city's flophouses and impoverished workers. FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTJACKET. #.