Posts Tagged ‘St. Petersburg’

St. Petersburg, Russia- Recommended Literature & Film

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

St. Petersburg, Russia
St. Petersburg, Russia is is gem of a city, rich in history. From Tolstoy to Dostoyevsky the contributions the great      Russian writers have made to literature are second to  none. The city shaped each of them as writers and St. Petersburg’s  magical appeal is evident throughout many of the classic’s pages. Below are a few recommended classics  inspired by St.  Petersburg or written by authors born in St. Petersburg.

Literature

Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Brothers Karamazov- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Anna Kerenina- Leo Tolstoy

The Man from St. Petersburg- Ken Follett

Eugene Onegin- Alexander Pushkin

The Fountainhead- Ayn Rand

Speak, Memory- Vladimir Nabokov

Films

Irony of Fate

White Nights

GoldenEye

Brother

Onegin

Please let us know if you have any to add to the list!

St. Petersburg Is A Cosmopolitan Jewel

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

The beautiful city was built 300 years ago by Peter the Great because he wanted a marvelous metropolis that would outshine any European destination. It was his goal to create a place where the western elite could enjoy the beauty and the culture of the East. He succeeded in building what is known as the “Venice of the north.”  There are endless amounts of things to do and see in the majestic city…

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Recommended reading before you go:

1. The Amber Room: The Fate of the World’s Greatest Lost Treasure, by Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark

2. Crime and Punisment, by Fyodor Dostoyesky

3. Lost Splendor: The Amazing Memoirs of the Man Who Killed Rasputin, by Prince Felix Youssoupoff

4. Peter the Great, by Robert K. Massie

5. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy

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A English/Russian Translator Guide will come in handy too!

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