Download or read book Underground Petersburg written by Christopher Ely and published by Northern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-30 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Petersburg: from space of representation to embattled public sphere -- Nihilism: self-fashioning and subculture in the city -- Underground pioneers -- To the people and back -- City synergy -- Organized troglodytes: building up the underground -- Battleground Petersburg -- The armor of our invisibility: underground terror and the illusion of power