Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

"The most abstract and intentional city on earth" (Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground)

Умом Россию не понять,
Аршином общим не измерить:
У ней особенная стать —
В Россию можно только верить.

Who would grasp Russia with the mind?
For her no yardstick was created:
Her soul is of a special kind,
By faith alone appreciated.

(Fyodor Tyutchev, trans. by John Dewey)