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The Soviet Union: Leningrad: A Tale Of Two Cities

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19870412
Author:Gary Lee

I first arrived in Leningrad 12 years ago and dashed right off in search of the spirit of old St. Petersburg. The search ended unsuccessfully, at a concert of Peter Tchaikovsky in the Kirov Opera. At 18, I was not yet an opera lover, got bored and wound up in a basement jazz club in the company of a motley group of locals.

On my next visit I tried the frontal approach. With a map and a copy of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" in hand, I set out for the tavern where Raskolnikov, the 19th-century novel's protagonist, went drinking.

Even with the help of a local student, who walked ...

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