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