Virtuoso Insights - October/November 2008 - (Page 59) Dolls anD st. PeteRsbuRg likE itS FamouS matryoShka FigurES, ruSSia’S largESt CitiES rEvEal EndlESS trEaSurES nESting within. like any family, Russia’s two major cities have bore their share of sibling rivalry. there is Moscow, the elder, more pragmatic sister with an old-world sensibility and work ethic; and st. Petersburg, the younger, imperial child, a little self-centered and indulging in all things western. while this competition between the two arose the moment Peter the great bestowed the title of capital upon his new city in 1713 — only to be returned to Moscow after the Revolution — the cities share a beauty, passion, struggle, and fortitude that binds them down to their Russian core. P Virtuoso insights 59
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