'By the Banks of the Neva'

Description

This book offers a unique and fascinating investigation into the lives and careers of the British in eighteenth-century Russia and, more specifically, into the development of a vibrant British community in St Petersburg during the city's first century of existence as the new capital of an ever-expanding Russian empire. Based on an extremely wide use of primary sources, particularly archival, from Britain and Russia, the book concentrates on the activities of the British within various fields such as commerce, the navy, the medical profession, science and technology and the arts, and ends with a broad survey of travellers and of travel accounts, many of them completely unknown. Also included are many attractive and unusual illustrations which help demonstrate the variety and character of Russia's British community.

First Sentence

The view upon the banks of the Neva exhibit the most grand and lively scenes I ever beheld.

Subjects

Other Editions

• 'By the Banks of the Neva': Chapters from the Lives and Careers of the British in Eighteenth-Century RussiaHardcoverCambridge University Press1996-11-13
• 'By the Banks of the Neva'PaperbackCambridge University Press2007-08-20
• 'by the Banks of the Neva'Cambridge University Press2009-01-01
• 'by the Banks of the Neva'Cambridge University Press2011-01-01