How St. Petersburg learned to study itself: the Russian idea of kraevedenie

Abstract

Contents List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration and Translations List of Abbreviations Introduction Ways of Knowing: Russian Local Studies as an Identity Discipline 1. The Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Tradition 2. The Art Journals of the Silver Age, St. Petersburg Preservationism, and the Guidebook 3. Old Petersburg After the Revolution 4. The Excursion Movement and Excursion Methodology 5. Excursion Primers and Literary Tours 6. Kraevedenie in St. Petersburg 7. Literary Kraevedenie Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index