Russia is a travelogue by Donald Mackenzie Wallace. It follows journeys by rail and river and observes villages, clergy, and customs. It offers a historical portrait of Russian society and landscape for listeners interested in travel writing.
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Opening of the book
RUSSIA by Donald Mackenzie Wallace Copyright 1905 Contents Preface CHAPTER I TRAVELLING IN RUSSIA Railways—State Interference—River Communications —Russian "Grand Tour"—The Volga—Kazan—Zhigulinskiya Gori— Finns and Tartars—The Don—Difficulties of Navigation—Discomforts—Rats— Hotels and Their Peculiar Customs—Roads—Hibernian
Phraseology Explained—Bridges—Posting—A Tarantass— Requisites for Travelling—Travelling in Winter—Frostbitten— Disagreeable Episodes—Scene at a Post-Station. CHAPTER II IN THE NORTHERN FORESTS Bird's-eye View of Russia—The Northern Forests— Purpose of my Journey—Negotiations—The Road—A Village—A Peasant's House—Vapour-Baths—Curious Custom—Arrival. CHAPTER III VOLUNTARY EXILE Ivanofka—History of the Place—The Steward of the Estate—Slav and Teutonic Natures—A German's View of the Emancipation—Justices of the Peace—New School of Morals—The Russian Language—Linguistic Talent of the Russians—My Teacher—A Big Dose of Current History. CHAPTER IV THE VILLAGE PRIEST Priests' Names—Clerical Marriages—The White and the Black Clergy—Why the People do not Respect the Parish Priests—History of the White Clergy—The Parish Priest and the Protestant Pastor— In What Sense the Russian People are Religious—Icons—The Clergy and Popular Education—Ecclesiastical Reform—Premonitory Symptoms of Change—Two Typical Specimens of the Parochial Clergy of the Present Day. CHAPTER V A MEDICAL CONSULTATION
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