From Rasputin to Putin. 50 St.Petersburg Citizens of the XXth Century. Ordeal by Power (Sketches Collection)
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The title comprises two sections. The first one includes 50 biographical sketches about St.Petersburg citizens that contributed significantly to the history of the whole Russia. The second one, "St.Petersburg: Ordeal by Power", is devoted to the elite. Among the characters of the book - Rasputin, Nikolai II, Chaliapin, Gorky, Kirov, Zhdanov, Akhmatova, Shostakovich, Mannerheim, Lenin, Nureev, Brodsky, Sobchak, Starovoitova, Chubais, Putin and so on. The selection was made by a group of experts, historians, writers, literary critics, political scientists, economists.
