Rebel Petersburg. One hundred years of riots, uprisings and revolutions in urban folklore

New Book N.A. Sindalovsky is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the October events of 1917 and the study of the 100-year period of riots, rebellions, uprisings and revolutions that occurred in the Northern capital, starting with the rebellion of the Semenovsky regiment in 1820 and ending with the establishment of the Bolshevik power in the early 1920s . As in his previous books, the author considers events, looking at them through the magical crystal of urban mythology, which makes the official story more vivid, figurative and memorable. Legends and legends, proverbs and sayings, ditties and jokes preserved in the arsenal of urban folklore, without claiming the truth in the last instance, brought to us not only the aroma of the passing time, but also the point of view, folk culture to certain events. For the first time in many years, the author decided to present his poetic experiments to the public. So the new book proposed to the reader will open another line of talent of a recognized expert on St. Petersburg folklore