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Palace of Petershoff.--Peter the Great.--Religious Denominations.--On the Way to Moscow.--Through the Forests.--City of Tver.--The Volga.--Water-ways of Russia.--Picturesque Moscow.--The Kremlin.--Churches.-- Cathedral of St. Basil.--Treasury of the Kremlin.--Royal Robes and Crowns.--A Page from History.--University of Moscow.--Sacred Pigeons.--Prevalence of Beggary in the Oriental Capital. 288