Vyborg vziat derznovennyi (Vyborg Taken Audaciously)
St. Petersburg: Alaborg, 2010. sewn pb. The author outlines the complicated ethnic and political history of the thirteenth century town on the northwest border of Russia and Finland. In the genre of tour guides, the book lacks a scholarly apparatus but does pull together many dates, names, and events. Readers get a sense of how the Karels and Finns coexisted and how the Swedes struggled with the Russians, first seeing Novgorod as a goal for crusading Western Christianity and then vainly attempting to ward off Peter the Great’s access to the Baltic. The author also notes chief builders, architects, and eminent residents of Vyborg. 70 p., 8 7/8 x 8 7/8 ins., 22.5 x 22.5 cm., 23 b-&-w illus., 65 color, Rus. Series: Russkaia provintsiia (The Russian Province). Item #2264
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