Russia: st. petersburg, moscow, kharkoff, riga and odessa, the german provinces on the baltic, the steppes, the crimea and the interior of the empire
Auteur :
Kohl, J. G.
Éditeur :
Faber & Faber
ISBN :
9780571249077
Date de publication :
19 févr. 2009
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,3 x 3,9 cm
Poids :
802 g
Format :
Trade paperback (UK)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
At the end of the 1830s, during the reign of Tsar Nicholas I, two famous accounts, through foreign eyes, were being written about Russia. Contrary to the prevailing belief, in no country are the extremes of society brought into more frequent contact, and in few are the transitions from one class to another more frequent or sudden.