Russia
CHAPTER I · 1/77
Russia
CHAPTER I
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RUSSIA by Donald Mackenzie Wallace Copyright 1905 Contents Preface 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.
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