Mark Steinberg, “St. Petersburg: Fin de Siecle” (Yale UP, 2011)

18/09/2012 1h 2min
Mark Steinberg, “St. Petersburg: Fin de Siecle” (Yale UP, 2011)

Listen "Mark Steinberg, “St. Petersburg: Fin de Siecle” (Yale UP, 2011)"

Episode Synopsis

Public discourse in the final decade of Imperial Russia was dominated by images of darkness and dread. Discussions of “these times” and “times of trouble” captured the sense that Russians were living on the “edge of abyss” from which there was “no exit.” It was this sense of imminent doom,...
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/russian-studies

More episodes of the podcast New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies