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Russia: A World Apart - Simon Marsden, Duncan McLaren - 2013 - 9780957379503
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Non-Fiction
- Genre
- Art & Culture
- ISBN
- 9780957379503
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Russia
- Publisher
- Paul Holberton Publishing
- Topic
- Travel Guide
- Number of Pages
- 144 Pages
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Russia: A World Apart is a haunting evocation of the ruined country estates of the Russian aristocracy of the 18th and 19th centuries. Revolution, civil war, invasion, anarchy and casual indifference have conspired against many of the grand buildings of Russia's rich and complex past. The architectural riches of Moscow and St Petersburg still exist for everyone to see, but when the photographer Simon Marsden and author Duncan McLaren entered the Russian countryside, away from the obvious tourist trails, they encountered a very different world. McLaren relates how The further from Moscow and St Petersburg, the more desolate and derelict the landscape became. Endless pot-holed roads pass through one dead or dying village after another whose vandalized churches are now the refuge of owls and pigeons. This is the plight of modern-day Russia where the countryside is dying and its population declining while the big cities are thriving. Hidden away within all this desolation and chaos, many devastated country estates can be found. The statuary and formal gardens gone forever, replaced by an overgrown wilderness where stray dogs forage amongst the crumbling outhouses, garbage and rotting tyres. This book, the result of four trips undertaken by Marsden and McLaren, illustrates a diverse mix of pre-revolutionary buildings and memorials, manor houses, palaces, churches, statuary and tombs, interspersed with more recent monuments from Soviet times. Each picture tells its own tale. In the newly found freedom and optimism of the post-communist era, some of these estates are being restored by individuals and organizations whose immense dedication to rescuing their past is nothing short of inspiring. Others will simply crumble to dust in the face of indifference from the majority of the population making Russia: A World Apart a beautiful and melancholy testament to the glories and grandeur of the past few centuries.
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Paul Holberton Publishing
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9780957379503
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Russia
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Travel Guide
Publication Year
2013
Number of Pages
144 Pages
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United Kingdom
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- 7***k (92)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseBit unsure about the postage info! Product came 48hr tracked? Way before the date shown. The only photo of the item not shown, was the back of the box which was a bit scratched up. All the other sides were shown. But all in all I am happy with price and speed of the delivery. Might be better to send these sort of items not by mail! And use a main delivery company that shows more detail tracking and not just it has arrived. Thanks for the item.Fortnum & Mason Wooden Champagne Box (Empty) For Gifting Christmas (#176697838226)