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2943751Moscowhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/moscow-9781472137159/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2381679/4f3d8a69-0dff-45d7-9ba2-79e4a3406f48.jpg?v=638383898429330000226266MXNLittle, Brown Book GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p>Founded in 1147, Moscow was for much of its early history in thrall to other nations - to the Khans, the Tartars and the Poles. The city was devastated by fire time and again, but with each rebuilding, it grew ever more magnificent. For every church that was destroyed, it seemed that two more were built.</p><p>In this evocative and fascinating anthology, Moscows turbulent growth is recorded through the voices of visitors and residents: Peter the Greats bloody reprisals after the revolt of the <em>streltsy</em> in 1698; a visit to the citys brothels by medical students in the 1890s; Kutuzov abandoning Moscow to Napoleon in 1812, and Napoleons ignominious retreat from the burning city; Pushkin railing against the mindlessness of 1830 society; the flowering of literary greatness in the ninenteenth century and of the Moscow Art Theatre in the twentieth; and the dazzling profusion of jewels in the Treasury of the Kremlin.</p><p>These and many other milestones in over seven hundred years of history are brought vividly to life.</p>...2879669Moscow226266https://www.gandhi.com.mx/moscow-9781472137159/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2381679/4f3d8a69-0dff-45d7-9ba2-79e4a3406f48.jpg?v=638383898429330000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20169781472137159_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_<p>Founded in 1147, Moscow was for much of its early history in thrall to other nations - to the Khans, the Tartars and the Poles. The city was devastated by fire time and again, but with each rebuilding, it grew ever more magnificent. For every church that was destroyed, it seemed that two more were built.</p><p>In this evocative and fascinating anthology, Moscows turbulent growth is recorded through the voices of visitors and residents: Peter the Greats bloody reprisals after the revolt of the <em>streltsy</em> in 1698; a visit to the citys brothels by medical students in the 1890s; Kutuzov abandoning Moscow to Napoleon in 1812, and Napoleons ignominious retreat from the burning city; Pushkin railing against the mindlessness of 1830 society; the flowering of literary greatness in the ninenteenth century and of the Moscow Art Theatre in the twentieth; and the dazzling profusion of jewels in the Treasury of the Kremlin.</p><p>These and many other milestones in over seven hundred years of history are brought vividly to life.</p>...9781472137159_Little, Brown Book Grouplibro_electonico_8383f976-1ec7-3c63-93d3-2d8fecc9e378_9781472137159;9781472137159_9781472137159Laurence KellyInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/hachetteuk-epub-9ccfa250-6260-4b52-afe6-3ce65dd4e919.epub2016-06-02T00:00:00+00:00Little, Brown Book Group