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Elizabeth Gaynor, Kari Haavisto, Darra Goldstein. Russian Houses. Taschen Evergreen, 1994. 287 pages. Over 300 full color photographs. Large heavy hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover. Unobtrusive white label on half-title page, otherwise about fine. 1 copy only.
Russian Houses offers an unmatched look at the architecture and interiors of Ostankino, the Menshikov Palace, and other homes of the princes and tsars. The rugged beauty of traditional peasant homes with their samovars, stoves, and ornate exteriors is described with knowledgeable and insightful authority. The breathtaking photographs and evocative text guide the reader through the homes of Pasternak, Gorky, Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Repin, Chekhov, Tchaikovsky and Chaliapin, and others
