This annotated edition of Andrei Bely's novel Petersburg, one of the central works of Russian Silver Age literature, is presented to the reader. This book combines a symbolist reinterpretation of the two-hundred-year-old cultural mythology of Petersburg with the author's original perspective on the revolutionary events of the early 20th century. The novel's inspiring 'inspiration of horror' (Vyach. Ivanov) unexpectedly reveals a metaphysical, 'otherworldly,' 'cosmic' dimension to Russian history and national psychology.