Закат блистательного Петербурга. Быт и нравы Северной столицы Серебряного века

Podborka raznoobraznykh publikat͡siĭ i drugikh istochnikov nachala predydushchego stoletii͡a podrobno prokommentirovana i pozvoli͡aet predstavitʹ Severnui͡u stolit͡su v neozhidannom i neprivychnom rakurse, uznatʹ o byte i nravakh togo vremeni, uznatʹ, kak zhili gorozhane, uvidetʹ vsi͡u mnogogrannostʹ bytii͡a bolʹshogo goroda, gde roskoshʹ sosedstvovala s urodlivoĭ nishchetoĭ. O chem dumali i grezili peterburzht͡sy? Kakie mechty, plany i nadezhdy stroili? Kakie taĭnye rokovye strasti ikh oburevali? Kakim kumiram pokloni͡alisʹ i kogo bezuderzhno porit͡sali, nizvergali s pʹedestalov? Kakov zhe, nakonet͡s, byl gorod v poru, o kotoroĭ segodni͡a prini͡ato govoritʹ s pridykhaniem?Prochitav knigu, vy uznaete mnogo interesnogo i smozhete provesti porazitelʹnye paralleli mezhdu nravami toĭ ėpokhi i nashim vremenem.

A selection of various publications and other sources from the beginning of the previous century has been commented on in detail and allows us to present the Northern Capital in an unexpected and unusual perspective, to learn about the way of life and customs of that time, to find out how the townspeople lived, to see the whole versatility of being a big city, where luxury coexisted with ugly poverty. What were the Petersburgers thinking and dreaming about? What dreams, plans and hopes did you build? What secret fatal passions possessed them? Which idols were worshipped and who was unrestrainedly denounced, overthrown from their pedestals? What, finally, was the city like at a time when it is customary to speak of it with a sigh?After reading the book, you will learn a lot of interesting things and will be able to draw striking parallels between the customs of that era and our time.