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

THE

EMPIRE 0E THE CZAR.

CHAPTER XXVII.

ENGLISH CLUB.REUNION OF NATIONS.PECULIAR CHARACTER

OF ARCHITECTURE IN MOSCOW. OBSERVATION OF MADAME DE

STAËL.ADVANTAGE OF OBSCURE TRAVELLERS.—KITAIGOROD.

MADONNA OF VIVIELSKI. CHURCH OF VASSILI BLAGENNOÏ. —

THE HOLY GATE.ADVANTAGE OF FAITH OVER DOUBT.CHURCH

f)F THE ASSUMPTION. FOREIGN ARTISTS.TOWER OF JOHN

THE GREAT. —CONVENT OF THE ASCENSIONINTERIOR OF THE

TREASURY. CROWNS AND THRONES, TREASURES OF THE

CZARS. — A CONTRAST. MOORISH PALACE.NEW WORKS AT

THE KREMLIN. —DESECRATION OF THE FORTRESS. ERROR OF

THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS. RESTORATION OF THE CAPITAL TO

MOSCOW.VIEW OF MOSCOW FROM THE KREMLIN. — RECOL

LECTIONS OF THE FRENCH ARMY. —OBSERVATION OF NAPOLEON.

— DANGER OF HEROISM IN RUSSIA. ROSTOPCIIIN.THE FALL

OF NAPOLEON. — REVIEW OF HIS CHARACTER

The inflammation of my eye being reduced, I left my prison yesterday, in order to dine at the English club. It is a species of restaurateur, to which there is no admission except through the introduction of a member of the society, which is composed of the most distinguished people in ]Víu`cow. The institution is

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