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Peterburgskii Inter'er v Fotografiiakh (Petersburg Interiors in Photographs)
by L.G. Myasnikova & Yu.B. Demidenko

48pages

Published: 2001

Genre: Exhibition catalog

Publisher: Gosudarstvennyi Muzei Istorii Sankt-Peterburga (State Museum of History of Saint Petersburg)

Languages: Russian

ISBN Hardcover: No hardcover edition available

ISBN Softcover: 5734512367

Print Status: out of print

Peterburgskii Inter'er v Fotografiiakh (Petersburg Interiors in Photographs)

description:

An exhibition catalog of St Petersburg interior photographs from the late imperial era. Includes both public and private buildings.


(Title in Russian: Петербургский Интерьер в Фотографиях)

unique features:

Photos of the palaces of the Yusupovs, Stroganovs, Shuvalovs, Ekaterina Yur’evskaya, and others.

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