| Description |
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Sites of the world's cultures |
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Sites of the world's cultures.
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| System Details |
DVD ; region 1, NTSC ; full screen ; Dolby Digital 2.0. |
| Note |
Originally produced in 1997. |
| Contents |
Opening -- Introduction -- Nevsky Prospect -- Peter the Great -- Building the city -- The fountains -- Winter Palace -- Architecture -- Catherine the Great -- Hermitage Museum -- Russia's artists -- The Enlightenment -- Paul I -- Nicholas II -- Gatchina Palace -- Winter Palace Square -- Mariinsky Theatre -- Bolshevik Revolution -- Restoration -- Conclusion -- Credits. |
| Summary |
"A window to Europe was what Peter the Great wanted to create when, in 1703, he laid the foundation stone for the new capital city of his Russian empire. He sent 50,000 serfs into the swampy delta of the Neva to pound the harbor city out of the ground. Under Catherine the Great, St. Petersburg finally became the thriving metropolis which Peter the Great had dreamed of: a 'Venice of the North, ' a city of the arts, the sciences and literature. Many artists, craftsmen, scientists and philosophers from Europe responded to the Tsarina's summons to come east. They brought with them new ideas, which they then blended with the old eastern traditions. A cultural center emerged, quite unparalleled in the west."--Container. |
| Performer |
No credits provided. |
| Subject |
Saint Petersburg (Russia)
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Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg.
(OCoLC)fst01212867
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films. (OCoLC)fst01710390
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Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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| Added Author |
Bayerischer Rundfunk.
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Deutsche Welle.
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TransTel (Firm)
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Kultur International Films.
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| ISBN |
9780769792033 |
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0769792030 |
| Standard No. |
032031481893 |
| Music No. |
D4818 Kultur |
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