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CONTENTS
OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
PART SECOND.
(CONTINUED.)
PICTURE OF ST. PETERSBURGH.
CHAPTER V.
The Imperial Family-the Imperial Government
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CHAPTER VI.
Page 1-61
Buildings and Institutions connected with the Administration of Govern-
ment. The Senate House.-Code in the handwriting of Catherine II.—
The Admiralty.—Buildings, plan, and internal arrangement.—Its Cabinets
of Natural History and National Curiosities.-The Model Rooms.-Ge-
neral Bentham and the Carriage-ship.-Launch of the Alexander, 110
guns, and two other ships of the line. Their conveyance to Cronstadt.—
Russian Navy.-The État-Major.- Departments of Geography, Hydo-
graphy, and Land-Surveying.—The Lithographic Department.-Depôt
of Maps and sale of them.-Great Map of the Russian Empire.-Secret
Geographical Cabinet. Travelling Maps of Alexander. Autograph
Schemes of Alexander, for Reviews and Sham-Fights.-Topography of the
different Governments. - Manufactories of Mathematical Instruments.-
The Printing-press Department.-The Chancellerie.—The Library.—Auto-
graph Letters of Peter the Great.-The War-game.-The Incombustible
Hall.-Military Archives from the time of Peter the Great.-Domestic
Establishment of the People resident in the Palace of the État-Major.—
General Observations.-The Château St. Michel.--The Corps du Genie.—
The Arsenals.-The Foundery.-The Colleges.-The Post-Office.-The
present System. - Distribution of Letters. Private Post-office for corre-
sponding with the Emperor.-Revenue of the Post-office.-The Citadel.—
The Mint.-General Enumeration of other Public Buildings connected with
the Administration of the Civil and Military Government at St. Peters-
burgh Page 52-99
CHAPTER VII.
Imperial Buildings and Institutions connected with Science and the Fine
Arts.—The Imperial Academy of Sciences.-Its Constitution.-Contribu-
tions to Science.-Great and Illustrious Members of that Academy.-Mon-
sieur Ouvaroff, the President.-The Observatory.-The Gottorp Globe.-
The Zoological Museum.-The Cabinet of Mineralogy.-The Mammoth.—
Native Iron of Pallas.-Anatomical Collections.-Cabinet of Peter the
Great.-Cabinet of Curiosities.-The Insects and dry Plants.—The Mu-
seum of Medals and Asiatic Museum.-The Egyptian Museum.-Grand
General Meeting to commemorate the Conclusion of the first Century since
the Foundation of the Academy.-Visit of the Empress-mother to the
Academy, at the beginning and end of the second half of that Century.—
The Secular Medal.-Printing-press of the Academy.-The Author's Public
Lecture at the Academy.-Presented with the Secular Medal, and made a
Member of that Society Page 100-133
CHAPTER VIII.
Continuation of the Imperial and other Buildings and Institutions con-
nected with Science and the Fine Arts.-Prevailing Taste for the Arts.—
A self-taught Painter.-Titian and Mr. Sieger.-Private Collections of
Pictures. Count Strogonoff's Gallery. The President d'Olenine.-Aca-
demy of Arts.-The Building.-The Museum.-Public Exhibition by Na-
tive Artists.-Russian Sculptors and Painters.-Professor Vorobieff and his
Pictures of St. Petersburgh, and of Sunset on the Dead Sea.-Orlowsky.—
Liberality of Government respecting the Education of Young Artists.-
The Triumphal Arch of 1812.-Society for encouraging Russian Litho-
graphy.-Roumiantzow's Museum of Curiosities.-The Hôtel des Mines.-
The Building.-The Establishment compared with others of a similar kind
in Europe.-Minerals.-Mines of Siberia.-Large Specimens of Native
Gold. Instruction in practical Mining.-Domestic Arrangement for the
Students. Produce of the Gold and Platina Mines in the Oural Moun-
tains.-Origin of the wealth of the Demidoff Family.-The Miner's
Hammer. Style of living of the Privy Counsellor Demidoff.-His
death. Société libre Economique of St. Petersburgh.-School for Agricul-
ture, Rural Economy, and the Useful Arts, founded by Countess Sophia
Strogonoff.-Cabinet of Arts and Antiquities of Mons. Svinnin.-The Bo-
tanic Garden Page 134-175
CHAPTER IX.
Churches and Religious Institutions.—Toleration. - Seven Temples of
different Communions in one Street.-Divisions of the Clergy.-Contem-
plated Improvements.-Preaching encouraged as a means of Civilization.—
The Holy Synod.-Number of Churches and Ecclesiastics.-The Metropo-
litan Church of our Lady of Kazan.—Military Trophies.-Tomb of Kutu-
soff, and the baton of Marshal Davoust. Alexander. The Imperial
Jewels.-Platoff and the Cossacks' gift.-Monastery of St. Alexander
Nevskoï.-The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.-Shrine of the Saint in
solid Silver. The Jewels.-The Cloisters.-The Church of the Annuncia-
tion. Monuments of Souvoroff and Miloradovitch.-Tomb of the Narysch-
kine family, and of the Sheremetieffs.--Russian Pantheon.-The Cemetery.
-Prevailing good taste of the Monuments.-The Countess Potemkin.
Monumental Column to Lomonossoff.-Proposed new Monument to that
poet.-Grand new Church of St. Isaac.-Its Plan and Elevation.-The
Colossal granite Columns.-Church of St. Peter and St. Paul.-Tombs of
the Sovereigns. The Catholic Church. Moreau's Tomb. The Lu-
theran Churches.-The English Church.-Greco-Russian Church Service.
-Religious Ceremonies of the Russians.-Imperial Christenings and Te
Deums.-Rituals for the celebration of Matrimony.-Invitation to a Wed-
ding.-Church Ceremony.-Beautiful Prayers.-Domestic Scenes.--Rus-
sian Funerals Page 176-214
CHAPTER X.
Preliminary Notice. The University of St. Petersburgh.-Scientific
Education.-General and Elementary System of Education.-Schools for
the People. Encouragement for the Cultivation of the Russian Language.
-The Imperial Russian Academy of Literature.-New Plan of Elemen-
tary Education.-Professor Greitsch's Lectures on the Russian Language.
-Pedagogic Schools.-Sentiments of the reigning Emperor respecting Edu-
cation.-His means of promoting it.—Enumeration of Public Places of Edu-
cation existing in St. Petersburgh.-Oriental Institute.--The Land Cadet
Corps, and the Marine Cadet Corps.-Naval Academy, and other Esta-
blishments.-Domestic or Private Education.-General Benkendorff.-Im-
perial Message.-Doctor Ruhl.-Recognition.-The Communauté des De-
moiselles Nobles.-The Institute of St. Catherine.-System of Female Edu-
cation for the higher classes of Society.-Imperial Public Library.—Kriloff,
the Fabulist.-Manuscript Letters of Sovereigns.-Specimen of Louis
XIV.'s early Notions of Royal Authority.-The Press. Encouragement
to Authors-Modern Russian Literature.-Death of Karamsin, the His-
torian.-Russian Poetry.-Alexander Pouschkine, the Russian Byron.-
Fabulists, Soumarokoff, Khemnitzer, Dmitrieff, Ismaïloff, and B. Pousch-
kine. The Romantic School.-Baratinsky. Joukovsky.-Mademoiselle
Zenaïde Volkonsky.-Dramatic Literature.-Prince Chakhovsky.-Num-
ber of Books published in Russia, since the Introduction of the Art of
Printing. Periodical Literature.—List of Periodical Publications at St.
Petersburgh and Moscow Page 215-250
CHAPTER XI.
Practice of Medicine.-Medicines and Medical Supplies.-Principal Phy
sicians and Surgeons in St. Petersburgh. Alleged deficiency of very dis-
tinguished Men.-Domestic Physicians. -Police of the Medical Profession.
-Easy remedy to extirpate Quacks. Regulations respecting pharmaciens.
-Esprit de Corps of the Medical Profession in St. Petersburgh.-Mode of
remunerating Physicians.-Papillionage of the higher Classes of Society.—
Serious Complaints against them.-New Plan for remunerating the Medical
Profession-Imperial Distinctions and Rewards.-The Imperial Medico-
Chirurgical Academy.-Distribution of Studies.-Medical and other Classes.
-The Library. The Pedestrié, or General Military Hospital.-Clinical
Establishments for Medical, Surgical, and Ophthalmological practice.-De-
ficiencies.-Naval Hospitals.-Regimental Hospitals.-Hospitals of the
Guards. The Great Artillery Hospital.-Russian Surgery.-Dr. Arendt.
-Unusual success in Surgical Operations.-The Civil Hospitals.-Obou-
choff.-Physic by the dozen.-Lunatic Asylum.-Insane people scarce in St.
Petersburgh.-Ivanoff.-Kalinkin.-Bogadelna and the Centenarians.—
Imperial Hospital for the Poor.-The Building.-Internal Arrangement
and Distribution of Patients. Results. hilanthropy of the Empress-
mother." Enfans Trouvées."-Maison d'Accouchement.-Masked La-
dies.-Imperial Lying-in Institution.-Vaccination.-Dispensary for Dis-
eases of the Eyes.-Manufactory of Surgical Instruments Page 251-301
CHAPTER XII.
Commercial and other Establishments of Industry, and their Buildings.
-The Imperial Exchange.-The Rostral Columns.-The first Foreign Ship
at St. Petersburgh.--Peter the Great and the Dutch Skipper-Inaugura-
tion of the New Exchange.-Affability and Condescension of Alexander the
First towards the English Merchants.-New Imperial Warehouses.—Cus-
tom House.-Navigation of Merchant Vessels up the Neva.-Number of
Vessels entered at St. Petersburgh in 1827.—Amount of Tonnage for that
Year. Lists of Imports and Exports for the last ten Years.-Balance of
Export Trade in favour of Russia.-General value of Corn exported in
1826 and 1827.-Custom-house Revenue, during the last six years.-
Steady increase of it every year.-Number of Vessels entered and cleared,
classed according to Nations. Decrease in those belonging to England.