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

CHAP. XXIX.

THE TARTAR MOSQUE. THE DESCENDANTS OF THE MONGOLS IN

MOSCOW.TOWER OF SOÜKAREFF. COLOSSAL RESERVOIR. —

BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.THE EM

PEROR EVERYWHERE.DISSIMILARITY IN THE SLAVONIAN AND

GERMAN CHARACTERS.THE NOBLEMEN'S CLUB. POLITE EDU

CATION OF THE RUSSIANS. HABITS OF THE HIGHER CLASSES.

. A RUSSIAN COFFEE-HOUSE. RELIGIOUS BELIEF OF THE OLD

SERFS. SOCIETY IN MOSCOW. A COUNTRY HOUSE IN A CITY.

REAL POLITENESS.REVIEW OF RUSSIAN CHARACTER.THEIR

WANT OF GENEROSITY.CONTEMPT FOR THE LAW OF KINDNESS.

SEDUCTIVE MANNERS OF THE RUSSIANS. THEIR FICKLENESS.

— RESEMBLANCE OF THE POLES AND RUSSIANS.LIBERTINISM IN

MOSCOW.MORAL CONSEQUENCES OF DESPOTISM. —OBSERVATIONS

ON MODERN LITERATURE.DRUNKENNESS A VICE OF THE HIGHEST

CLASSES.RUSSIAN CURIOSITY. PORTRAIT OF PRINCE AND

HIS COMPANIONS. MURDER IN A NUNNERY.CONVERSATION AT

A TABLE-d'hÔTE. THE LOVELACE OF THE KREMLIN. A BUR

LESQUE PETITION. MODERN PRUDERY.— PARTING SCENE WITH

PRINCE . AN ELEGANT COACHMAN. MORALS OF THE

CITIZENS' WIVES. LIBERTINISM THE FRUIT OF DESPOTISM. —

MORAL LICENCE IN LIEU OF POLITICAL FREEDOM.— CONDITION

OF THE SERFS AND OTHER CLASSES. NATURE OF RUSSIAN AM

BITION. RESULTS OF THE SYSTEM OF PETER THE GREAT.

THE TRUE POWER OF RUSSIA. DANGER OF TRUTH.— SONGS OF

THE RUSSIAN GYPSIES.MUSICAL REVOLUTION ACCOMPLISHED

BY DUPREZ. THE THEATRE IN RUSSIA. FRENCH LANGUAGE

IN RUSSIA UNDERSTOOD SUPERFICIALLY. A RUSSIAN IN HIS

LIBRARYTHE TARANDASSE. RUSSIAN IDEAS OF DISTANCE

A NOBLE TRAIT IN RUSSIAN CHARACTER.

During the last two days I have seen many sights : among others, the Tartar Mosque. The religion of the conquerors is now tolerated in a corner of the capital of the vanquished; and this, only on condition