Semeĭnai︠a︡ khronika. Zubovy i Polez︠h︡aevy
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The author of the book, Vasily Zubov (1900-1963), is a Russian philosopher, an outstanding historian of science and architecture and encyclopedic scholar. Basing on materials that were preserved in family archives, the author introduces life and habits of two merchant families who gave Russia honest and conscientious workers, prominent businessmen, philanthropists, artists, bibliophiles and scholars. "Family chronicle" is illustrated with unique documents and photographs from the author’s family archive and is published for the first time. The book contains an annotated name index.
