The Semi-Peripherality Discourse and Water Infrastructure in St. Petersburg/Leningrad (1864-1927)
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The article deals with the discourse of semi-peripherality, which had a significant impact on the urban culture of St. Petersburg-Petrograd-Leningrad generally and on the construction of urban infrastructure, such as the sewerage system, in particular. Prior to the revolution, the sewerage project had been discussed for more than forty years, but construction was not completed until the rule of Stalin. The notion of semi-periphery complements the well-known term of backwardness, and also contributes to the discussion of the “centre-periphery” dichotomy in the history of urban infrastructure in Eastern Europe.
Source: Moderne Stadtgeschichte
Author: Malinova-Tziafeta, Olga
Institution: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Language: English
Topic: Soviet and Russian History
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W6920550301
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