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

CONTENTS.VÜ

The Kremlin by Daylight. — Character of its Architecture. —

Symbolic Imagery. — Relation between the Character of

Buildings and Builders. — Ivan IV. — Patience criminal. —

Introduction to the History of Ivan IV. — Reasons for credit

ing Karamsin.Page 302

History of Ivan IV. — Commencement of his Reign.—Effects of his Tyranny. — One of its Causes. — His Marriages. — His Cruelties. — Fate of Novgorod. — Abdication. — The Secret of Russian Servility. — Ivan resumes his Crown. — The Opritchnina. — Extracts from Karamsin. — Cowardice of Ivan. — Siberia conquered. — Friendship of Ivan and Queen Elizabeth of England. — Ivan assumes the Cowl. — Religious Resignation. — The only independent Church. — National and universal Religion. — Extract from Karamsin. — Anecdote of Grand Duke Constantine. — Correspondence of Ivan with Griasnoï. — Livonia ceded. — Murder of the

Czarewitch. — Death of Ivan.Appendix: A New Order

of Architecture. — Russian Equity. — Sketch of Ivan III.,

by Karamsin. — Resemblance of Peter the Great to the

Ivans. — Account of the Death of Alexis, Son of the Czar

Peter, by M. de Ségur. ¦312