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Title: All the Russias: travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Norman, Henry, 1858-1939
Subjects: Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 Eastern question (Central Asia)
Publisher: New York, C. Seribner's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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or hasdeparted from this place, for nowadays prisoners of State arecarried to the fortress of Schliisselburg, also an island in theNeva, forty miles away. Concerning this prison absolute secrecyprevails. I made the acquaintance of an intimate relation of theGovernor, and he assured me that never in the closest familytalk had he ever heard a syllable concerning it. So far as silencegoes, it is indeed a living grave, the stony replica of the closedlips of autocracy. But all the world may drive through the lowred-brick gate of the citadel to the Cathedral of St. Peter andSt. Paul, and gaze through its narrow gloom upon all the mould-ering flags of conquered enemies and all the rusting keys of sur-rendered towns. These are but poor things, however, to whatlies below them—the long rows of square white marble tombs,where, each under the same gilt cross and with nothing but aname to mark the difference, repose forever all the Tsars, saveone, of all the Russias, since Tsars and Russia were.
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ST. PETERSBURG 13 Of this long line, two only impress their personality in St.Petersburg to-day. One, the first, the great Peter, who dideverything, designed everything, foresaw everything. The other,the emancipator, whose blood stained the street twenty yearsago, impressive because of the contents of one little room. Atthe Hermitage, once Catharines pavilion, but since 1850 themagnificent home of the world-famous collection of pictures, youmay see Peter in his habit as he lived. A life-size wax portraitmodel, sitting in his own chair, dressed in the very clothes hewore, grasping the sword given to him by that deposed rulerof Poland once called the strong, shows you his great heightand his vigilant black eyes. In a glass case is the yellow chargerhe rode on that July day at Pultava when he founded Russiaupon the ruins of Sweden, and beside it, almost as big—for themoth-eaten handiwork of this early taxidermist must have shrunkpitifully since it bore that royal load—runs his favour

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