To other weekly assignments: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13].
READINGS:
Yuri Piryutko, "An Architecture of Intentions" [xerox] (7pp)
M. Kirby Talley, Jr., "The Beautiful and the Damned: Preserving Peter the Great's Dream on the Neva" [xerox] (10pp)
WEB TOPICS:
READINGS:
Orlando Figes, "Tales of Petersburg" (9pp) [xerox]
Yuri Arabov, "The Petersburger's Psychology" (8pp.) [xerox]
Optional Reading (many available in ODY):
WEB TOPICS:
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last update: 4/18/04
MONDAY - April 26
Final PowerPoint Project Due (as assigned)
Welcome to St. Petersburg. Multi-media excursion around St.
Petersburg. [Revisit this site.]
Baroque Architecture of St. Petersburg. Pictures of some of the
palaces, cathedrals and the Kunstkammer. 18th century buildings.
From the "Little Russia" site in Texas, maintained by Vladimir Pekkel.
Slides. Photos by Andrey Pakhomov and Vladimir Pekkel. [Check
out the ones on "Peterhof," "Pushkin," and "St. Peter." Click the image
to load other "slides".] From the "Little Russia" site in Texas, maintained
by Vladimir Pekkel.
St. Petersburg Picture Gallery. St. Petersburg in summer and
winter; cathedrals; images; Mariinsky Theatre. From St. Petersburg Web.
A Walk in St. Petersburg. Photography by Toomas Vendelin.
Practical St. Petersburg. By Velican. City sights in a nice easy to use
frame.
St. Petersburg at Your Fingertips. Online guide to St. Petersburg
from CityVision.
100 Years of Revolution. The story of one family's hundred
year odyssey through Russian history as told through five
generations of the Maria Mikhailovna Gurevich family.
From The Russian Chronicles.
St. Petersburg. A brief history from the site "Russia Net".
TUESDAY - April 27
Research/Web Project Presentations
Further Reading about St. Petersburg and Russia. From Arthur L. George, who is author of a new book on Petersburg:
St. Petersburg: Russia's Window to the Future; The First Three Centuries
WEB TOPICS:
The St. Petersburg Times. Daily newspaper. (In English)
The Russian Chronicles - St. Petersburg. Follow the dates through
from Nov.16-24 to read this first-hand account about what these photo-journalists
(Gary Matoso and Lisa Dickey) found out about life in St. Petersburg today.
St. Petersburg Events this Month. Check what cultural things are going on this
month. From Cityvision 2000.
St. Petersburg Billboard - Entertainment Listings. Listed on a
page from Cityvision by type (ballet and opera; classical and chamber
mustic; jazz music; rock music; pop music).
Dazzling White Nights. Arts Festival in St. Petersburg. From
the pages of the Atlantic Monthly.
Russian Video and Audio Hotline. From "Freelines.ru"...a site full of links
to sound and video from St. Petersburg. [Click on the "WebTV" button to
start the video...remember to select "Open It" from the "Real Player" options.]
Live Broadcasting from St. Petersburg, Russia. Listen to some
of the past broadcasts (rock, "Aquarium", jazz, burial of Tsar's family, etc.)
[Needs "Real Player"]
Mr. Dmitriev's Web site. Noted in a NYTimes article
May 4th, 2000. About a St. Petersburg interior designer making it
big in St. P. with his "sackcloth style".
THURSDAY - April 29
Research/Web Presentations
DUE FRIDAY, April 30 (in my office by 5:00pm): Final Research/Web Project (on a CD)
(DUE FRIDAY (in my office by 5:00pm), April 30: Portfolio, including Self-Assessment)
(DUE FRIDAY, April 30 (by midnight via the Bb Drop Box): Final PowerPoint (Revised Version)
For General Review
Final Exam: Tuesday May 4th, 1:30-4:30
