saint petersburg

"Twins Viktor and Nadya are twelve years old when Hitler's Germany declares war on the Soviet Union. With little notice, the city's children are evacuated on trains that are meant to take them to safety. Shockingly, Viktor and Nadya are separated, and disaster befalls on them both. As the terrible conflict rages, each embarks on a desperate race across snow and ice, struggling through the destruction in an effort to be reunited. Their chances are minuscule, but they never lose hope"--Jacket flap.

A tour of the Hermitage Museum, a famous art museum in St. Petersburg, Russia that houses masterpieces from ancient China, Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and contemporary Europe.

A portrait of the outbreak of the 1917 Russian Revolution, told through eyewitness accounts left by foreign nationals who saw the drama unfold. Petrograd (the former St. Petersburg), was filled with foreign visitors who existed in hotels, clubs, offices, and embassies, and were acutely aware of the chaos in the city, the terrible shortage of edible food, and the fact that their lives were constantly in danger. The group included journalists, diplomats, businessmen, bankers, governesses, volunteer nurses, expatriate socialites, and some African Americans. Many kept diaries and wrote letters home. Much of the material in this book is previously unpublished and furnishes a unique and frightening picture of life in Petrograd during the revolution.

A comprehensive narrative of the siege of Leningrad by Adolf Hitler's armies in September 1941, his plan of eradicating the entire population of the city, and the determination of the Soviet people to persevere.

In Leningrad in 1941, when Russia and Germany are at war, fourteen-year-old Georgi vows to help his family and his city during the terrible siege.

Traces the acquisitions of Russia's Hermitage Museum, which holds one of the world's greatest collections of French art dating from 1860 to 1950; with 476 illustrations, including 433 full-color plates.

Presents nearly 200 of the finest surviving pieces of jewelry made between the fifth and the early third century B.C. Drawn from the collections of the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the British Museum, London, the works in this book represent jewelry produced throughout the Greek world.

Presents a comprehensive discussion of the writers of St. Petersburg, Russia, including Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, and Alexander Pushkin.

Describes life in the Russian city of Leningrad during World War II.