'By the Banks of the Neva': Chapters from the Lives and Careers of the British in Eighteenth-Century Russia

by Anthony Cross

Book Overview

This 1996 book offers a fascinating investigation into the lives and careers of the British in eighteenth-century Russia and, more specifically, into the development of a vibrant British community in St Petersburg during the city's first century of existence as the new capital of an ever-expanding Russian empire. Based on an extremely wide range of primary sources from Britain and Russia, the book concentrates on the activities of the British within...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521039037
• ISBN13: 9780521039031
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.6"