To other weekly assignments: [1], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14].
READINGS:
Massie. Peter the Great. Chpts.39,46,47
Knopf. St. Petersburg [Guidebook]. Peter-the-Great (pp.38-39).
Vasilyevsky Island [including: Twelve Colleges; Kunstkammer; Academy of Sciences;
Menshikov palace; ] (pp.156-164). From the Hermitage to the Summer Palace
[including: The Hermitage; summer garden; summer palace, etc.]
(p.166; pp.182-188). From the Admiralty to the Haymarket [including:
The Admiralty; Naval Constructions] (pp.190-193). Peterhof (pp.256-261).
READINGS:
George. St. Petersburg: Russia's Window to the Future....
Chpt.2: "The Founding of the City," "Building a New City," (pp.27-47)
Massie. Peter the Great. Chpts.51,52,53,54
READINGS:
George. St. Petersburg: Russia's Window to the Future....
Chpt.3 "Life in Peter's Paradise" (pp.70-88); Chpt.4 "Petersburg's Opponents"; "Peter's Death and Reaction" (pp.89-93)
Massie. Peter the Great. Chpts. 58,59,60,61,63
Knopf. St. Petersburg [Guidebook]. Orthodox Church (pp.56-57).
Icons (pp.58-59).
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Last update: 1/26/04
MONDAY - January 26
WEB TOPICS:
*Modern History Sourcebook: Peter the Great and the Rise of Russia, 1682-1725.
Commentary from 1) Bishop Burnet, Peter the Great 1698, 2) Von Korb, Diary 1698-99, 3) General Alexander Gordon, History of Peter the Great, 1718, 4) Jean Rousset de Missy, Life of Peter the Great, c. 1730.
Peter the Great: Peter as Frat-boy: drunken orgies, boat building, and dinner parties. From History House, an irreverant history magazine.
The Making of a Russian Nobleman. Article by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.
The Education of a Russian Nobleman. Another a rticle by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.
*Russia Under Peter the Great. Map (from SUNY Binghampton)
shows Poltava site and Peter's Russia.
*The Decline of a Great Power: The Battle of Poltava. From a history
of the Swedish encounter with Peter's troops by Lina Hult.
Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. Icon carried into the Battle of Poltava.
From a page from Pallasweb.com.
Battle of Poltava. Painting of the battle of Poltava (27 June,
1709) posted on the "The Dust of History" site [text in Russian]
Amaizing [sic] St. Petersburg. Architecture during Peter's time.
Amaizing [sic] St. Petersburg. Early architecture of St. Petersburg through
the time of Elizabeth (Peter-the-Great's daughter).
*Welcome to Vasilevsky Island. Student page by Terence Too.
Gives some history, pictures and links.
Vasilevsky Island. Another student page featuring the island. This one by R. Ryan.
*Stock Exchange. Information on the monuments on Vasilevsky
Island. A page from the Virtual Tour by Saint-Petersburg.com.
Neva Near the Vasilevsky Island's Spit. From EXPO96 site.
*Vasilevsky Island Panorama. Wonderful pan of the area from Aleksei Korsakov.
*Menshikov Palace. Home Page (from off the Hermitage Museum
Home Page). [Photos and text]
*Menshikov Palace. A page from the Virtual Tour by Saint-Petersburg.com.
The Menshikov Palace. Copyright © 2000 Optima Ltd. All rights
reserved.
Menshikov Palace. St. Petersburg in Architecture. University of Michigan. Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
The Palace of Peter I. Information about this unique 18th century
palace recently uncovered. From the Hermitage Museum home page.
*The Summer Garden and Summer Palace of Peter the Great.
A page from the Virtual Tour from Saint-Petersburg.com.
The Summer Palace - Museum of Peter the Great. A photo from
St. Petersburg State Technical University.
*The Summer Palace. St. Petersburg Architecture. University of Michigan. The Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
*Summer Palace. Pictures from Album #50 from "Wandering Camera."
*Summer Gardens and Summer Palace. Text from Fresh
Guide to St. Petersburg.
*Summer Gardens. Album 49 from "Wandering Camera."
Autumn in the Summer Gardens. A photo from St. Petersburg State
Technical University.
*Peterhof. Home page for the museum. Contains good information and a wonderful assortment of pictures and
panoramic views and some short
movies of the place.
*Peterhof. Museum site [in Russian but full of great pictures, including what it looked like after WWII].
*Peterhof Fountains. Check out the next sections as well, also
of the fountains at Peterhof.] Especially beautiful, the
pictures (Album 132) of the firework celebrations at Peterhof.
(More photos). From "Wandering Camera."
(and photos in the fall).
[Text in Russian,
but you can enjoy the photos.]
Browsing my Old Photographs. Some slides from "Little Russia" (Check out
the ones on "Peterhoff"...click on the picture to see others.
*Peterhof. A page from the Virtual Tour by Saint-Petersburg.com.
*Peter I in "Mon Plaisir". Portrait of Peter by Valentin Serov.
The Fountains of Peterhof. About ~80 pictures! From "Tickets
of Russia."
*Oranienbaum. Text, pictures and a map, plus links to some of the specific sites at the place. Fortune City.
Lomonosov/Oranienbaum.
Lomonosov (Oranienbaum). From "All About Saint Petersburg for Tourists."
Oranienbaum. Copyright © 2003. Tour Classic.
Oranienbaum. Picture of the palace by H. Lehmann.
Oranienbaum. Pictures from "Wandering Camera."
Oranienbaum. Prince Menshikov's country residence.
Photo by William P. Tishler, 1999.
TUESDAY - January 27
WEB TOPICS:
*Peter Interogating his Son Alexis. Portrait by Nikolai Ge.
Peter the Great's Family Values. From History House. Includes links to
books about Peter and an excerpt from Massie's book on Peter the Great.
© 1996-9 Sebastian Good Ian Quigley David Rodriguez.
Portrait of Alexei. (Peter the Great's son by Evdokia). Portrait by Johann Tannauer, 1710. From "A Colorful and Pictorial History."
THURSDAY - January 29
WEB TOPICS:
How Russians Celebrated the Year 1700: Proclamation on the
Introduction of a New Calendar, December 20, 1699.
Translated by Nathaniel Knight. From the Documents in Russian
History site.
Decree on Single Inheritance, March 23, 1714 . Translated by
Daniel Field. From theDocuments in Russian History site.
*Peter the Great and the Rise of Russia, 1682-1725. From the Modern History Source Book. Contains these articles: Bishop Burnet, "Peter the Great 1698"; Von Korb, "Diary 1698-99 "; General Alexander Gordon, "History of Peter the Great, 1718"; Jean Rousset de Missy, "Life of Peter the Great, c. 1730".
*Will of Peter the Great. "In which he prescribes to his successors
the course which they ought to follow in order to acquire universal
dominion."
Pavel Miliukov on the reforms of Peter the Great.
Translated by Nathaniel Knight. From the Documents in Russian
History site.
*Peter's Russia. Lecture by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.
The Personality of Peter. Another lecture by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.
Peter and Russian History. Lecture by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.
The Petrine Period. A page with links from Bucknell University.
Table of Ranks. From the Bucknell University site.
Ways of Russian Orthodoxy. Chapter IV. The St. Petersubrg Revolution:
The Character of the Petrine Revorms. Scholarly work by George Florovsky. Published online by Myriobiblos (Church of Greece).
*Russian Orthodox Church: Early History and Art. Text (in part)
by Arthur Voyce.
The Christianization of Russia. From the Durham University's
Russian Department's home page. Story taken from The Primary
Chronicle.
The Russian Orthodox Church to 1453. From the Durham
University site. An overview = dates, events, etc.
*Russian Orthodox Church: Features and Practices. (Page from
the "Treasures of the Czars" site.)
*The Russian Church: An Overview. (Another page from the
"Treasures of the Czars" site.)
*Icons. Pictures and text © Alexander Boguslawski.
Icons of Old Russia:13th-17th centuries. A page from the Hermitage
Museum site (with a full description and picture of 4 different icons).
*What is an Icon?. Answer to this question from St. Petersburg
Times "Treasures of the Czars" site.
*Ikons: Windows into Heaven. Description of the history, the craft
of icons, along with some contemporary models. Site from Bob Atchison.
European History: Understanding Russian Icons. From the Milwaukee public
museum. (Reprint of an article by Lazar Brkich giving advice on puchasing icons.)
Novgorodian Icon Painting. From the Novgorod home page.
Color Icons. Brought together on the Orthodox Home page.
*Russian Icons: Index. 81 icons on this page to link to.
(From George Mitrevski.)
*The Use of Icons in the Russian Orthodox Church. A beautiful
little site with links and relevant bibliography. (By Denise
Denton.)
*The Trinity. Andrei Rublev's most famous icon.
Vologda Bells. Sound clip from "Face of Russia" from WETA-TV.
[You need RealAudio to hear this clip]
Russia's First Museum: The Kunstkamera. Student website by E. Seyse.
*Kunstkammer. Home page for the museum.
*Kunstkamera. Peter the Great's museum of oddities.
From the Fresh Guide to St. Petersburg.
The Kunstkammer. Copyright © 2000 Optima Ltd. All rights reserved.
The Kunstkammer. From Tickets of Russia. [Nice picture]
Kunstkamera. Peter's "cabinet of curiosities." Dartmouth site.
Kunstkammer. St. Petersburg Architecture. University of Michigan. Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Twelve Colleges. The Building of the Twelve Ministries in Saint Påtersburg. Third quarter of the XVIII century. Artist unknown. Posted on the Russian Museum site.
The Twelve Colleges. St. Petersburg in Architecture. University of Michigan. Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Central Naval Museum. Home page. History, collections, etc. (includes
Peter's boat that he built).
The History of the Russian Navy. From the publishing house "Alexander PRINT".
Tomb of Peter the Great. Photo.
*Peter the Great: 18th Century. From the Hermitage Museum site.
*Prehistoric Art: The Siberian Collection of Peter I. From the
Hermitage Museum site, showing Russia's first archeological collection which
Peter the Great assembled.
Coins and Medals of Imperial Russia - Peter I. Coins dedicated to Peter I. Collection of Coins and Medals Yale University Art Gallery.
(New statue to Peter the Great in Moscow). From "Wandering
Camera."
(Closeup of statue).
Tsar Carpenter. Statue erected in St.Petersburg a few years ago.
Full name: "Peter the I learns shipbuilding craft in the city of Saardam, in Holland in 1697." From the site "Wandering Camera."
Shemiakin statue. Controversial statue unveiled in 1990.
(closeup of Peter's hand). Dartmouth site.
