Domestic Scenes in Russia: In a Series of Letters Describing a Year's Residence in that Country, Chiefly in the Interior |
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... persons employed in the civil service of the empire , in the public offices , the universities and insti- tutions of every kind , including lawyers , doctors , and pro- fessors , have also uniforms , which , however , they are only ...
... persons employed in the civil service of the empire , in the public offices , the universities and insti- tutions of every kind , including lawyers , doctors , and pro- fessors , have also uniforms , which , however , they are only ...
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... persons , passing slowly along through the street . My servant , who was with me as interpreter , ascertained that it had just arrived from Moscow , and , having set down its passengers , was proceeding to the office . To this place I ...
... persons , passing slowly along through the street . My servant , who was with me as interpreter , ascertained that it had just arrived from Moscow , and , having set down its passengers , was proceeding to the office . To this place I ...
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... person . All that we saw in passing was a very long line of cottages lying parallel to the road . In the centre was a semicircular space , containing the church and the officers ' houses . Behind lie the fields , which are tilled by ...
... person . All that we saw in passing was a very long line of cottages lying parallel to the road . In the centre was a semicircular space , containing the church and the officers ' houses . Behind lie the fields , which are tilled by ...
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... person must tend greatly to the health of the Russian peasant , whose long hair and beard , and sheepskin coat , are not favourable to personal cleanliness . LETTER IV . Mode of life in the country - LET . III . ] 25 THE VAPOUR - BATH .
... person must tend greatly to the health of the Russian peasant , whose long hair and beard , and sheepskin coat , are not favourable to personal cleanliness . LETTER IV . Mode of life in the country - LET . III . ] 25 THE VAPOUR - BATH .
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... person's father with the termination added - ovitch or evitch , son of , and ovna or evna , daughter of . Thus John son of Peter is called Ivan Petro- vitch , and Anne daughter of John is Anna Ivanovna . In this manner , without any ...
... person's father with the termination added - ovitch or evitch , son of , and ovna or evna , daughter of . Thus John son of Peter is called Ivan Petro- vitch , and Anne daughter of John is Anna Ivanovna . In this manner , without any ...
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