Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Usage -- Units of Weight and Measure -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Founding and Feeding an Imperial City -- Chapter 2. Selling Flour in St. Petersburg -- Chapter 3. Sources of Supply -- Chapter 4. Production -- Chapter 5. Commerce -- Chapter 6....

This article studies the evolution of housing rents in St. Petersburg between 1880 and 1917, covering an eventful period of Russian and world history. We collect and digitize over 5,000 rental advertisements from a local newspaper, which we use together with geo-coded addresses and detailed...