St. Petersburg
by Ruhao Amy Wen
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St. Petersburg: War
Questions How has war affected the history of St. Petersburg? Are its marks visible? What kinds of reconstruction projects has the city had? What is the relationship between reconstruction and…
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St. Petersburg: Natural Disasters and Disease
Questions How has St. Petersburg been affected by floods and cholera? How has the Neva River played a role in both cases? What measures were taken to eliminate these problems…
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St. Petersburg: Streets, Crowds, and Anxious Modernity
Questions How did Fyodor Dostoevsky and Andrei Bely depict crowds and street life in St. Petersburg? How did they describe the psychological impacts triggered by modernity/modern metropolis? Dostoevsky, Bely, and…
