Moscow A Traveller’s Reader
Moscow A Traveller’s Reader by Laurence Kelly is a UK edition published by Robinson on June 2, 2016, featuring 321 pages in English. This anthology presents a vivid exploration of Moscow’s rich history, capturing the city’s evolution through the perspectives of both visitors and residents over the centuries. It highlights significant events and transformations, from the early influences of foreign powers to the cultural and artistic developments that shaped the city.
Readers will find a diverse collection of narratives that illustrate Moscow’s turbulent past, including Peter the Great’s responses to rebellion, Napoleon’s retreat, and the literary flourishing of the nineteenth century. The anthology encompasses a range of topics such as history, travel, and essays, providing insights into the city’s resilience and grandeur. Each piece contributes to a broader understanding of Moscow’s identity, making this collection a valuable resource for those interested in the historical and cultural tapestry of Russia’s capital.
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A fascinating and wide-ranging anthology, vividly evoking the life of the city in the voices of both visitors and residents through the centuries.
Founded in 1147, Moscow was for much of its early history in thrall to other nations – to the Khans, the Tartars and the Poles. The city was devastated by fire time and again, but with each rebuilding, it grew ever more magnificent. For every church that was destroyed, it seemed that two more were built.
In this evocative and fascinating anthology, Moscow’s turbulent growth is recorded through the voices of visitors and residents: Peter the Great’s bloody reprisals after the revolt of the streltsy in 1698; a visit to the city’s brothels by medical students in the 1890s; Kutuzov abandoning Moscow to Napoleon in 1812, and Napoleon’s ignominious retreat from the burning city; Pushkin railing against the mindlessness of 1830 society; the flowering of literary greatness in the nineteenth century and of the Moscow Art Theatre in the twentieth; and the dazzling profusion of jewels in the Treasury of the Kremlin.
These and many other milestones in over seven hundred years of history are brought vividly to life.
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