Nevsky Prospekt Glossary

by Nikolai Gogol

Nevsky Prospekt Glossary

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Nevsky Prospekt

Nevsky Avenue - main street in St. Petersburg

avarice

greed for wealth

Vyborg

a seaport on the Gulf of Finland

Yekaterinsky Canal

canal in St. Petersburg, today known as the Griboyedov Canal

Bianca of Perugino

painting by Pietro Perugino

Neva

a river in northwestern Russia

livery

a distinctive uniform

somnambulism

sleepwalking

laudanum

a tincture of opium

Okhta

river in St. Petersburg

capuchin

monkey

rappee

a strong snuff

gavotte

old French dance

Swabia

region in southwestern Germany

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