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- Waterdrinker, Pieter,--Homes and haunts--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg
- Bible--Publication and distribution--Soviet Union
- Authors, Dutch--Biography
- Saint Petersburg (Russia)--Social life and customs
- Dutch)--Russia (Federation)--Biography
- Saint Petersburg (Russia)--History--1917-
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- Russia (Federation)--History--1991-
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Title Statement | The long song of Tchaikovsky Street: a Russian adventure / Pieter Waterdrinker ; translated by Paul Evans. |
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Author | Waterdrinker, Pieter, 1961- |
Publication | London: Scribe Publications,2022. |
Extent of Item | 401 pages ; |
ISBN | 9781950354887 1950354881 |
Other Number | 4352970 |
Summary | "History doesn't repeat itself, it rhymes.' One day in 1988, an enigmatic priest knocks on Pieter Waterdrinker's door with an unusual request: will he smuggle seven thousand bibles into the Soviet Union? Pieter agrees, and soon finds himself living in the midst of one of the biggest social and cultural revolutions of our time, working as a tour operator ... with a sideline in contraband. Thirty years later, from his apartment on Tchaikovsky Street in Saint Petersburg, where he lives with his Russian wife and three cats, Pieter reflects on his personal history in the Soviet Union, as well as the century of revolutions that took place in and around his street. A master storyteller, he blends history with memoir to create an ode to the divided soul of Russia and an unputdownable account of his own struggles with life, literature, and love. |
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By Topic | Authors, Dutch--Biography |
Dutch)--Biography--Russia (Federation) | |
Tour guides (Persons)--Biography--Russia (Federation) | |
By Name | Waterdrinker, Pieter,1961---Homes and haunts--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg |
By Location | Saint Petersburg (Russia)--Social life and customs |
Saint Petersburg (Russia)--History--1917- | |
Russia (Federation)--Social life and customs | |
Russia (Federation)--History--1991- | |
Soviet Union--History--1985-1991 | |
By Title | Bible--Publication and distribution--Soviet Union |