Russia in 1839 -Empire of the Czar: A Journey Through Eternal Russia

142PETERSBURG IN ТПЕ MORNING.

THE DROWSKA. — COSTUME OF THE LOWER ORDERS. — WOODEN

PAVEMENTS. — PETERSBURG IN THE MORNING. RESEMBLANCE

OF THE CITY TO A BARRACK. CONTRAST BETWEEN RUSSIA AND

SPAIN.DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TYRANNY AND DESPOTISM. —

THE TCHIN. — PECULIAR CHARACTER OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERN

MENT.THE ARTS IN RUSSIA.A RUSSIAN HOTEL. THE EVILS

TO BE ENCOUNTERED THERE.THE MICHAEL PALACES. — DEATH

OF PAUL I. — THE SPY "BAFFLED.THE NEVA, ITS QUAYS AND

BRIDGES. CABIN OF PETER I.THE CITADEL, ITS TOMBS AND

DUNGEONS.CHURCH OF ST. ALEXANDER NEWSKI. RUSSIAN

VETERANS. AUSTERITY OF THE CZAR. — RUSSIAN FAITH IN THE

FUTURE, AND ITS REALISATION. MUNICH AND PETERSBURG

COMPARED. INTERIOR OF THE FORTRESS. THE IMPERIAL

TOMBS. SUBTERRANEAN PRISON.RUSSIAN PRISONERS.

MORAL DEGRADATION OF THE HIGHER CLASSES. CATHOLIC

CHURCH. PRECARIOUS TOLERATION. TOMB OF THE LAST

KING OF POLAND AND OF MOREAU.

It Avas on the day before yesterday, between nine and ten o'clock, that I obtained the liberty of entering Petei`sburg.

The city, whose inhabitants are not early risers, gave me at that hour of day the idea of a yast solitude. Now and then I met a few drowskas. The drivers Ave re dressed in the costume of the country. The singular appearance of these men, their horses and carriages, struck me more than anything else on my first view of the city.

The ordinary costume and general appearance of the lower classes of Petersburg, (not the porters, but) the workmen, coachmen, the small trades-