Russia

Alexander ancient appearance Armenians army banks beautiful Black Sea Bonaparte brick buildings built called capital Captain Cochrane Caspian cathedral Catherine Catherine II Caucasus Cherson chiefly churches Circassian commerce consists contains Cossacks covered Coxe Crimea cross distance district Dnieper Dr Clarke Dr Lyall dress east edifices emperor Empress English erected Europe feet Finland formed fortress French Greek Gulf Gulf of Finland hills horses houses immense inhabitants Kiev Kremlin Lake magnificent miles monastery Moscow mountains nearly Neva Novogorod palace Pallas passed peasants plain Poland population present Prince principal provinces quarter reign remarkable river road route Russian empire says Sea of Azof seen Selenga sians Siberia side situated sledge Smolensko St Peters St Petersburgh stone streets suburbs Tatars Tiflis tion Tobolsk town trade traveller trees tribes Ukraine versts villages visited Volga walls whole winter wood wooden