Module 1: Water and Stone
Birth of a City
Birth of a City
1703-1833: The Petersburg of Peter and Pushkin
Weeks 1-3: Water/Stone. The founding of Petersburg and the clash of nature/culture.
Texts: Maps, legends, Funeral Sermon to Peter the Great, Aleksandr Pushkin's The Bronze Horseman
Neighborhood: Central District (The Hermitage, The Bronze Horseman, The Admiralty) and sites associated with Peter the Great (Kunstkamera, Peter & Paul Fortress)