Ostrov blagotvoritel’nosti: Smol’nyi (Island of Charity: Smolnyi)
St. Petersburg: Alaborg, 2009. sewn pb. The author follows the stages in the century-and-a-half history of the institution Catherine the Great founded for the education of indigent girls. Also noted and illustrated with plans and details of interiors are the phases of construction of the great architectural ensemble on the..... More

