# A year in Russia

Author: Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945

Genre: Category: Travel Writing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72360

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+year+in+Russia+Baring&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

I started for Irkutsk on the 9th from Moscow. The train is crowded with people—officers going to the war, men of business going to Siberia, women and children. It is exceedingly hot. The last time I travelled in this Trans-Siberian express the winter had just given way to the leafless and bare aspect of early spring. Now we travel through great stretches of green plains, past huge fir-woods which are burnt and browned by the heat. The topic of the peace negotiations continues to prevail above all other topics. I am constantly asked my opinion. We have just received the latest telegrams from Portsmouth. A man of business asked me if I thought there would be peace. I said “Yes.” “There won’...

## Chapters

- [Part I. _Cr. 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/25/index.md)
- [PART I.—GENERAL LITERATURE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/9/index.md)
- [PART II.—FICTION](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part II. The Man in the Iron Mask. _3s.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/30/index.md)
- [Part II. The Man in the Iron Mask. Double Volume.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-year-in-russia-72360/chapters/29/index.md)