the Peter and Paul Fortress

 

view of Peter and Paul Fortress (photo courtesy Marina Lomonosova)

 

The Peter and Paul Fortress (Петропавловская крепость [Petropavlovskaya  krepost’]) in Saint Petersburg served as a prison for political criminals. Sorokin was imprisoned there.

 

— posted by Roger W. Smith
      September 2025

 

 

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Author: Roger W. Smith

Roger W. Smith is a writer and independent scholar based in New York City. His experience includes freelance writing and editing, business writing, book reviewing, and the teaching of writing and literature as an adjunct professor at St. John’s University. Mr. Smith's interests include personal essays and opinion pieces; American and world literature; culture, especially books and reading; classical music; current issues that involve social, moral, and philosophical views; and experiences of daily living from a ground level perspective. Sites on WordPress hosted by Mr. Smith include: (1) rogersgleanings.com (a personal site comprised of essays on a wide range of topics) ; (2) rogers-rhetoric.com (covering principles and practices of writing); (3) roger-w-smiths-dreiser.site (devoted to the author Theodore Dreiser); and (4) pitirimsorokin.com (devoted to sociologist and social philosopher Pitirim A. Sorokin).

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