title: Gambling Clubs and Excitement in St. Petersburg during the First Russian Revolution
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Lizunov, Pavel V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2019-10-25T14:37:31Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2019-10-25T14:37:31Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2019-09
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Lizunov P. V. Gambling Clubs and Excitement in St. Petersburg during the First Russian Revolution. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2019, vol. 64, iss. 3, рp. 857–873.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2019.303
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/16424
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article deals with such a phenomenon as a passion for playing cards in St. Petersburg
  during the years of the First Russian Revolution. From the end of 1904 — the beginning of
  1905, many metropolitan clubs began to turn into illegal “gambling houses”, where gambling
  cards flourished. What happened was associated with the revolutionary movement in the
  country and even referred to as government measures aimed at distracting the society from
  political rallies and meetings. By 1907, there had been about 65 entrepreneurial and 18 stateowned
  clubs in the capital, where cards were played. The police sought to keep control of gambling
  establishments, their organizers, bankers, players and cardsharps. From time to time,
  clubs were checked, and gambling was prohibited. In January 1907, the Petersburg mayor
  V. F. von der Launitz banned the game écarté. In March 1907, 12 largest gambling establishments
  of the capital were closed by order of the new St. Petersburg Mayor D. V. Drachevsky.
  Orders for the closure of clubs were published during the whole of 1907 and 1908. These
  measures were called “fight with clubs”. However, despite government measures and police
  bans, gambling and gambling houses in St. Petersburg continued to exist in subsequent years.
  Nevertheless, the authorities managed to significantly reduce the number of gambling clubs
  and overcome the “gambling orgy” that prevailed in 1905–1906. At the same time, there is no
  reason to assert that the government during the First Russian Revolution sought to divert the
  average man from politics with the help of gambling. All gambling clubs were opened by the
  founders solely for the purpose of profit.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 64; Issue 3
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: card game
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: excitement
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: gambling club
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Petersburg
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Petrovsky yacht-club
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: player
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: écarté
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Gambling Clubs and Excitement in St. Petersburg during the First Russian Revolution
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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