THE HOLY PLACE
Architecture, Ideology, and History in Russia
Contents
Acknowledgments................................................vii
Introduction...................................................ix
PART ONE Vitberg's Cathedral..................................1
PART TWO Ton's Cathedral......................................43
PART THREE The Last Days of the Cathedral.....................93
PART FOUR The Tower of Babel..................................109
PART FIVE The Concrete Cathedral..............................143
Notes..........................................................167
Bibliography...................................................187
Photo Credits..................................................203
Index..........................................................205
Chapter One
The morning of October 12, 1817, was cold and blustery, but the weather
did not discourage the throngs of Muscovites who had gathered at the Sparrow
Hills, southwest of the city, to take part i ... read full excerpt from Holy Place: Architecture, Ideology, and History in Russia ebook