To other weekly assignments: [1], [2], [3], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14].
READINGS:
Pushkin. "Some Pushkin Poems." (6pp.) [xerox excerpts]
Pushkin. "The Bronze Horseman." (~31pp.) (introduction, poetic and literal translations) [xerox]
Pushkin. "The Queen of Spades." (30pp.) [xerox]
George. St. Petersburg: Russia's Window to the Future....
Knopf. St. Petersburg [Guide]. Pushkin. (pp.113-118). "Pushkin
Street" (p.241); "Decembrists Square,"
"St. Isaac's Cathedral," "St. Isaac's Square," "Bolshaya Morskaya,"
Central Post Office," "New Holland District." (pp.194-199). "1825: The
Decembrists." (pp.42-43)
WEB TOPICS:
READINGS:
Gogol. "Nevsky Prospekt." (~5pp.) [xerox excerpts]
Gogol. "The Overcoat." (31pp.)[in "Diary of a Madman" and
Other Tales.
George. St. Petersburg: Russia's Window to the Future....
Chpt.9: "Literary St. Petersburg: The World of Pushkin" [on Gogol] (pp.308-312)
Knopf. St. Petersburg [Guide]. Nevsky Prospekt (pp.212-223);
"Petersburg Society" (p.122) [This text should look familiar to you
if you read the "Nevsky Prospekt" xerox'd excerpt!]; "The Winter Palace"
(pp.1290-121).
WEB TOPICS:
READINGS:
Gogol. "The Nose." (26pp.) [In "Diary of a Madman"
and Other Tales.]
Gogol. "Diary of a Madman." (21pp.)[In "Diary of a Madman"
and Other Tales]
Knopf. St. Petersburg [Guidebook]. "1856-1914 St. Petersburg
in the Forefront of Modernism" (p.32); "Bridges" (pp.90-91,279)
WEB TOPICS:
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last update: 2/14/04
MONDAY - February 9
(Pushkin)
St. Petersburg of Alexander Pushkin. From the site "The Voice of Russia."
Part of the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Pushkin's birth.
"Queen of Spades". Video clip from Tchaikovsky's opera. From
"Face of Russia" site, WETA-TV. [You need RealVideo to see this]
Cartoon. From cartoon artist: Alexander Zudin.
[Cartoon says: "I will exchange a two room place in Peter for a similar-valued one
in Venice."]
*The equestrian statue of Peter the Great. Some notes
about how the statue was erected and what it symbolizes.
*Bronze Horseman. Nighttime photo of the statue (from
Expo '96).
The Figure of Peter the Great in Alexander Pushkin's The Bronze Horseman. Copyright 1989, 1998 by Leigh Kimmel
Bronze Horseman in the evening. Picture from "Wandering Camera."
Bronze Horseman Legend. From the "Official Portal of the City Government."
Is that Pushkin's Yevgeny on the
lion statue or only Sergei Baryshnikov?
Cartoon of the Bronze Horseman. From Alexander Zudin.
Bronze Horseman. Picture from the Official site of the
Russian National Tourist Office.
Bronze Horseman. Picture from MiNat.
Bronze Horseman. Page from Cityvision 2000.
Bronze Horseman. Photo from "Steve's Russia Trip."
*The Project 1812. In honor of the 190th anniversary of the war. Site includes: library, gallery (paintings by Vereschagin and other), memorial, personalities, etc.
*Napoleon's Invasion of Russia. A brief introduction from the
Official Site of the Russian
National Tourist Office.
Museum Panorama Borodino. Site of the Museum Panorama Borodino Battle.
From the site "Museums of Russia."
[Follow all the picture links to more text and more pictures. Pay attention
to all the links
to the War of 1812...i.e. keep following them.]
Candid Shots of The March to Moscow and the Retreat. Links to images of
Napoleon's retreat. From the site maintained by Emin Saglamer.
Decembrists in Irkutsk. Pictures and brief text. Copyright: BusinessNet - Irkutsk.
Revolutionary Times. A paragraph on the Decembrists (plus on other
revolutionary groups) from the site: Russia on the Net.
The Decembrists and the Russian Intelligentsia. Student paper by
Larisa Ayrapetova (Fordham University).
St. Isaac's. Night photo from Expo '96.
Views from the colonnade of Isaac's cathedral. #57 From "Wandering Camera."
TUESDAY - February 10
(Gogol)
*The Overcoat (clip one). Film footage played in RealVideo [you must have the player
to see this clip]. From the site "The Face of Russia" WETA-TV
*
The Overcoat (clip two). Additional footage played in ReadVideo [you
must have the player to see this clip]. From the site "The Face of Russia"
WETA-TV.
*Key to Nevsky Prospect. Map (click on it to enlarge the
section) and then information on where things are located.
From "Old Friends and Partners" site.
Nevsky Prospect. A page from Saint-Petersburg.com.
Foreign Churches on Nevsky Prospekt. #102 from "Wandering Camera."
Forget the Mall of the Americas: The Ultimate Mall Crawl is Here in Petersburg. This Page is part of "The Costumer's Manifesto" by Tara Maginnis, Ph.D.
Gostiny Dvor. A page from Saint-Petersburg.com.
Newspaper venders in front of Gostiny Dvor. B/W photo, 1912. From "The Fresh Guide to St. Petersburg."
Grandeur returns to former Russian mall. Article by Edmund Mander.
"City of Order" (1800-1855). A page from Saint-Petersburg.com.
Alexander Pavlovich Romanov. From Bob Atchison's "Alexander
Palace" site.
Alexander I (Alexander Pavlovich). A page from "Treasures of the Tsars" St. Petersburg, Florida.
Coins and Medals of Imperial Russia - Alexander I. Coins dedicated to Alexander I. Collection of Coins and Medals Yale University Art Gallery.
Nickolas Pavlovich Romanov. From Bob ATchison's "Alexander
Palace" site.
Nicholas I. From the site "Treasures of the Tsars" (St.
Petersburg, FL).
Coins and Medals of Imperial Russia - Nicholas I. Coins dedicated to Nicholas I. Collection of Coins and Medals Yale University Art Gallery.
Russia in 1848 and 1849. Page from James Chastain, Ohio
University.
On the Eve of War. From the History of the Russian
Navy (from EXPO96). See the next chapters too:
Sinop;
Sevastopol;
To the North and East.
THURSDAY - February 12
*The Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.
Photos by Boris Kuznetsov.
*Kazansky Cathedral. Text from Fresh Guide to St. Petersburg.
Kazansky Cathedral. B/W photo, 1910. From "The Fresh Guide of St. Petersburg."
Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral. A photo from St. Petersburg State
Technical University.
Kazan Cathedral. A page from Saint-Petersburg.com.
Bridge over the Griboyedev Canal. From the "Wandering Camera" site.
Bank Bridge. Over Griboedov channel. Built in 1825-26 according to the project of architect G. Tretter.
(closeup), and
(another closeup),
(yet again),
(and again).
From the "Wandering Camera" site.
Bank Bridge. Photo (of bridge with griffins) from "Steve's Russia Trip."
*Fontanka / Moika / Griboyedov . A description from the "Amaizing
[sic.] St. Petersburg" page. Pictures and text.
View down the Griboyedev Canal. Photo from "Steve's Russia Trip."
