MOSCOW.
RUSSIA
As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
Edited and Translated by
ESTHER SINGLETON
Author of "Turrets, Towers and Temples," "Great Pictures,"and "A Guide to the Opera," and translator of "The MusicDramas of Richard Wagner."
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
New York
Dodd, Mead and Company
1909
PREFACE
This is intended to be a companion volume to Japan, andtherefore follows the same general plan and arrangement. It aimsto present in small compass a somewhat comprehensive view of thegreat Muscovite power. After a short description of the countryand race, we pass to a brief review of the history and religionincluding ritual and ceremonial observances of the Greek Church.Next come descriptions of regions, cities and architectural marvels;and then follow articles on the various manners and customs of ruraland town life. The arts of the nation are treated comprehensively;and a chapter of the latest statistics concludes the rapid survey.The material is all selected from the writings of those who speakwith authority on the subjects with which they deal.
The Russian Empire is so vast that it would be impossible to givedetailed descriptions of all its parts in a work of this size:therefore I have been forced to be content with more generaldescriptions of provinces with an occasional addition of a typicalcity.
E. S.
New York, April 21, 1904.
CONTENTS
| PART I |
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| THE COUNTRY AND RACE |
| The Russian Empire |
| Prince Kropotkine. |
| Siberia |
| Jean Jacques Élisée Reclus. |
| The Russian Races |
| W. R. Morfill. |
| PART II |
| HISTORY AND RELIGION |
| The History of Russia |
| W. R. Morfill. |
| Church Service |
| Alfred Maskell. |
| The Creeds of Russia |
| Ernest W. Lowry. |
| PART III |
| DESCRIPTIONS |
| St. Petersburg |
| J. Beavington Atkinson. |
| Finland |
| Harry De Windt. |
| Lapland |
| Alexander Platonovich Engelhardt. |
| Moscow (The Kremlin and its treasuries—The Ancient Regalia—The Romanoff House) |
| Alfred Maskell. |
| Vassili-Blagennoi (St. Basil the Blessed) |