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From Peter the Great to Putin, this is the unforgettable story of St Petersburg one of the most magical, menacing and influential cities in the world.St Petersburg has always felt like an impossible metropolis, risen from the freezing mists and flooded marshland of the River Neva on the western edge of Russia. It was a new capital in an old country. Established in 1703 by the sheer will of its charismatic founder, the homicidal megalomaniac Peter-the-Great, its dazzling yet unhinged reputation was quickly fashioned by the sadistic dominion of its early rulers.This city, in its successive incarnations St Petersburg; Petrograd; Leningrad and, once again, St Petersburg has always been a place of perpetual contradiction. It was a window on to Europe and the Enlightenment, but so much of the glory of Russia was created here: its literature, music, dance and, for a time, its political vision. It gave birth to the artistic genius of Pushkin and Dostoyevsky, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, Pavlova and Nureyev. Yet, for all its glittering palaces, fairytale balls and enchanting gardens, the blood of thousands has been spilt on its snow-filled streets. It has been a hotbed of war and revolution, a place of siege and starvation, and the crucible for Lenin and Stalins power-hungry brutality.In St Petersburg, Jonathan Miles recreates the drama of three hundred years in this absurd and brilliant city, bringing us up to the present day, when once more its fate hangs in the balance. This is an epic tale of murder, massacre and madness played out against squalor and splendour. It is an unforgettable portrait of a city and its people.

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CONTENTS A LSO BY J ONATHAN M ILES The Nine Lives of Otto Katz Medusa The - photo 1
CONTENTS
A LSO BY J ONATHAN M ILES

The Nine Lives of Otto Katz

Medusa The Shipwreck, The Scandal, The Masterpiece

Backgrounds to David Jones

Eric Gill and David Jones at Capel-y-Ffin

The Maker Unmade

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This ebook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorized distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the authors and publishers rights and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly.

Epub ISBN: 9781473535886
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Published by Hutchinson 2017

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Copyright Jonathan Miles 2017
Cover design and illustration: Melissa Four

Jonathan Miles has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work.

First published in the United Kingdom by Hutchinson in 2017

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ISBN 9780091959463 (hardback)
ISBN 9780091959470 (trade paperback)

The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge the permissiongranted to reproduce the copyright material in this book. Everyeffort has been made to trace copyright holders and to obtaintheir permission. The publisher apologises for any errors oromissions and, if notified of any corrections, will make suitableacknowledgement in future reprints or editions of this book.

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The Menshikov Palace in 1717 Map of St Petersburg c 171820 The - photo 4
. The Menshikov Palace in 1717.
Map of St Petersburg c 171820 The gridding of Vasilevksy Island was at - photo 5
. Map of St Petersburg, c. 171820. The gridding of Vasilevksy Island was, at that stage, a mere projection.

The evolution from the residual influences of a highly decorative baroque architecture through the early, vigorous phase of neoclassicism and on into more sophisticated variations on the style.

St John the Baptist Church at Chesme now absorbed by southern St Petersburg - photo 6
. St. John the Baptist Church at Chesme now absorbed by southern St Petersburg
The stark Tuscan Doric columns of New Holland Arch The tower over the - photo 7
. The stark Tuscan Doric columns of New Holland Arch
The tower over the central arch of the Admiralty The Palace of Pavlovsk - photo 8
. The tower over the central arch of the Admiralty
The Palace of Pavlovsk The Mikhailovsky Palaces main staircase The - photo 9
. The Palace of Pavlovsk
The Mikhailovsky Palaces main staircase The Bronze Horseman in Senate - photo 10
. The Mikhailovsky Palaces main staircase.
The Bronze Horseman in Senate Square unveiled in 1782 A print by K Ludwig - photo 11
. The Bronze Horseman in Senate Square, unveiled in 1782. A print by K. Ludwig after Benjamin Paterssen.
A fair in St Petersburg c 1803 from A Picturesque Representation of the - photo 12
. A fair in St Petersburg, c. 1803, from A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs and Amusements of the Russians in One Hundred Coloured Plates by John Atkinson and James Walker.
The Nevsky Prospekts Police Bridge over the Moika with Wolff Branger caf on - photo 13
. The Nevsky Prospekts Police Bridge over the Moika with Wolff & Branger caf on the left.
The Mikhailovsky Palace now the Russian Museum A P Bogolubovs - photo 14
. The Mikhailovsky Palace, now the Russian Museum.
A P Bogolubovs Sledging on the Neva 1854 Postcard of the Mariinsky - photo 15
. A. P. Bogolubovs Sledging on the Neva, 1854.
Postcard of the Mariinsky Theatre which opened in 1860 Pyotr - photo 16
. Postcard of the Mariinsky Theatre, which opened in 1860.
Pyotr Vereshchagin The Alexandrinsky Theatre 1870s Postcard of the - photo 17
. Pyotr Vereshchagin, The Alexandrinsky Theatre, 1870s.
Postcard of the Eliseev building which went up on the Nevsky Prospekt - photo 18
. Postcard of the Eliseev building, which went up on the Nevsky Prospekt between 1902 and 1903.
The almost palatial stil moderne interior of Vitebsk Station created between - photo 19
. The almost palatial stil moderne interior of Vitebsk Station, created between 1902 and 1904.
Postcard of the Nevsky Prospekt c 1909 That these three items appeared - photo 20
. Postcard of the Nevsky Prospekt, c. 1909.

That these three items appeared within a year of each other reveals the gulf between the tsarist assertion of the past and the desire of Russias performers and painters for a revolutionary future.

Menu for the banquet to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Romanov - photo 21
. Menu for the banquet to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty in 1913.
Auguste Rodins maquette for a sculpture of Nijinsky The Dancer 1912 - photo 22
. Auguste Rodins maquette for a sculpture of Nijinsky, The Dancer, 1912.
Kasimir Malevichs design for the Chorister costume in Victory Over the Sun - photo 23
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