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Iroshnikov, Mikhail P; Yury B. Shelayev; and Liudmila A. Protsai. Before the Revolution: St. Petersburg in Photographs, 1890-1914. Abrams, 1992.

Kent, Deborah. St. Petersburg. Children's Press, 1997. Captures the history, culture and daily life in Russia's second largest city. For younger readers.

Lincoln, Bruce. Sunlight at Midnight: St. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia. Basic, 2002. a biography of Russia's historic city.

Orttung, Robert W. From Leningrad to St. Petersburg: Democratization in a Russian City. St. Martin's, 1995. On the role of St. Petersburg as an exemplar of democracy in Russia.

Salisbury, Harrison E. The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad. Harper & Row, Da Capo, 1969. 1985. Description of events, suffering, heroism, Stalin's political police, and military blunders.

Shvidovsky, Dmitri. St. Petersburg: Architecture of the Tsars. Abbeville, 1996. Splendid illustrations convey the city's rich architectural heritage.

Volkov, Solomon. Trans. Antonina W. Bouis. St. Petersburg: A Cultural History. Free Press, 1997. A cultural biography of the famed city.

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