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Wind, Fatigue, and Romance of the Night (on Peculiarities of New Residential Areas)

Ветер, усталость и романтика ночи (об особенностях новых жилых массивов)

Author(s): Olga Brednikova,Oksana Zaporozhets / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 2/2016

Keywords: Atmosphere; Microurbanism; City; New Residential Districts; Wind; Fatigue; Night;

“Atmosphere” is a key term and a key perspective we used to explore the peculiarities ofa new residential district in Saint Petersburg. Atmosphere is interpreted as an accentuation of the particular experiences and emotions connected to a specific place. We discovered that the atmosphere of the residential district that we studied is created by the efforts of the locals to overcome shortages of infrastructure, remoteness from the city center, numerous inconveniences, and imperfections of the place. Therefore, basic elements of the atmosphere are wind and fatigue. Numerous imperfections and challenges of the district seem to be overcome during the night time, when the darkness makes them invisible. This overcoming is an illusion, but it helps the locals to produce and maintain the positive attitude toward the place.

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“Life Is Waiting,” or a Moscow Railway Station through the Eyes of a Bored Passenger

Железнодорожный терминал. «Жизнь – это ожидание», или московский вокзал глазами скучающего пассажира

Author(s): Elena Gudova,Alena Nefedova / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 2/2016

Keywords: Quality of Urban Environment; Railway Terminals; Non-Places; Moscow; Kazan’ Railway Station;

In this essay the authors present the results of a Moscow railway terminal study as an example of “non-place,” when presence in the space can be reduced to the amount of time spent passing through it. Using Viacheslav Glazychev’s concept of urban environment quality, the Kazan’ Railway Station environment was evaluated through observation.The methodological foundations for observations of urban space and city interactions are discussed as well. In conclusion, we suggest that the transitory nature of railway station space is characterized by poor environment quality.

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Douglas Rogers. The Depths of Russia: Oil, Power, and Culture after Socialism. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2015.

Author(s): Alexander Etkind / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 2/2016

Keywords: Oil, Post socialism; Cultural Projects; Russian Regions;

Review of: Alexander Etkind - Douglas Rogers. The Depths of Russia: Oil, Power, and Culture after Socialism. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2015. 394 pp. ISBN 978-0-8014-5373-1.

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Ekaterina Pravilova. A Public Empire: Property and the Quest for the Common Good in Imperial Russia. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2014

Author(s): Sergei Antonov / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2016

Keywords: Russia;

Review of: Sergei Antonov - Ekaterina Pravilova. A Public Empire: Property and the Quest for the Common Good in Imperial Russia. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2014. 448 pp. ISBN 978-0-691-15905-8.

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Michael David-Fox. Crossing Borders: Modernity, Ideology, and Culture in Russia and the Soviet Union. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015

Author(s): Tatiana Borisova / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 2/2016

Keywords: Culture; Politics; Soviet Russia; Modernity; Ideology;

Review of: Tatiana Borisova - Michael David-Fox. Crossing Borders: Modernity, Ideology, and Culture in Russia and the Soviet Union. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015. 336 pp. ISBN 978-0-8229-6367-7.

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Lori Manchester. Popovichi v miru: dukhovenstvo, intelligentsiia i stanovlenie sovremennogo samosoznaniia v Rossii. Per. s angl. A. Iu. Polunov. M.: Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie, 2015

Author(s): Nikolai Mitrokhin / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 2/2016

Keywords: Clergy; Intelligentsia; Education; Russia; 19 Century;

Review of: Nikolai Mitrokhin - Лори Манчестер. Поповичи в миру: духовенство, интеллигенция и становление современного самосознания в России. Пер. с англ. А. Ю. Полунов. М.: Новое литературное обозрение, 2015. 448 с. ISBN 978-5-4448-0265-6.

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