The Most Intentional City: St. Petersburg in the Reign of Catherine the Great

by George E. Munro and George E. Munro Virginia Commonwealth University

This book examines a critical phase in the city's history. Founded by Peter the Great a mere sixty years before Catherine II ascended Russia's throne, St. Petersburg became one of the leading economic and political centers of Europe during her reign. Previous books on St. Petersburg have focused on its foundation and earliest years, or on the nineteenth century, when its cultural dominance within Russia was well established, or on the twentieth century,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0838641466
• ISBN13: 9780838641460
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher