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Sunday Feature: The Civil Barbarian

BBC Radio 3
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Peter the Great drove thousands to death to create his dream city, St Petersburg.
Great violence and haunting beauty have marked the metropolis ever since. On the 300th anniversary of its foundation, writer Kevin Jackson questions the legacy of the Tsar's enlightened despotism. With reflections from Count Nikolai Tolstoy (a descendant of one of Peter's ambassadors), the curator of the Hermitage
Aleksei Leporc , and travel writer Colin Thubron.
The reader is Eleanor Bron. Producer Kate Bolton
BATH FESTIVAL SONG WEEKEND

Contributors

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Kevin Jackson
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Count Nikolai Tolstoy
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Aleksei Leporc
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Colin Thubron.
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Eleanor Bron.
Producer:
Kate Bolton
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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