... new authors in the city's literary tradition
Aleksandr Pushkin
Gogol, Dostoevsky
Blok, Akhmatova, Mandelstam
Brodsky, Tolstaya
... new art forms in its cultural heritage
Poetry: lyrics and odes
Stories and novels; a new classical music tradition
Ballet, painting, modernism
Rock music, film
... a different region of the physical city
The Central District: Neva, Winter Palace, Nevsky Prospect
Admiralty District: canals, Haymarket, Dostoevsky region
The Islands: Vasilievsky and Petrograd
Outskirts: outlying districts and suburbs
... an essential question at the heart of Russian identity
Water/Stone, nature vs. culture
East/West, or something else?
Old/New: roots or revolution?
Past/Future, and where to next?