“彼得堡像欧美殖民地,少有民族根基,而多与外国混杂,却不和本土大众融合”(果戈理);“如果说莫斯科在某种程度上是俄国中部的代表,那么无论如何不能说彼得堡体现了国家北部的忠实形象。彼得堡主要是官方的,是新俄罗斯的复兴;莫斯科是古俄罗斯的,是旧俄国的首都”(H·戈尔谢瓦? “Petersburg, like the colonies of Europe and the United States, has a very small ethnic roots, but is more mixed with foreign countries, but not with the local public” (Gogol); “If Moscow is to some extent a representative of central Russia, Said that Peterborough embodies the faithful image of the northern part of the country. Peterborough is primarily official and is a revival of the new Russia; Moscow is ancient Russia and the capital of the old Russia ”(H. Gersheva?