But those who belong to the second school, and without following any party are liberal in thought and deed, say to their opponents: “If it is true that what you represent is really Russia, we have no further wish to remain Russians, and the day you are proved to be in the right, we will emigrate and settle in Turkey, in Persia, or in China.” INDEX Agrarian Question, the— Agitation, beginnings of the, 98, 99 Cadets, attitude towards the, 230 Cause of the problem, 178–79 Duma, speeches in the, 235 Expropriation scheme, 179–81 Government’s attitude towards, 108–9 Peasants’ view of the land purchase, 145–47; of possession, 290–91 Solutions proposed, 88–89, 179–83, 230–32 Aladin, M.— Politics of, 223–24 Speeches of, 199–200, 208, 214, 221, 246–47 Alexander II., reforms of, 182, 214, 270–71 Alexander III., policy of, 182 Alexandra, Queen, Russian opinion of, 290 Alliance of October 17th, _see_ Octobrists “Alliance of the Russian People”— Demonstration outside the Kremlin, 49 Principles of the, 152–53 Amnesty Question, the, 36, 37— Current ideas on, 225–26 English opinion on, 262 Kovolievski, Prof., speech on, 215 Nabokov, M., speech on, 213–14 Anikin, M., his speeches, 214, 221 Anti-revolutionaries, attacks on Count Witte, 79 Army, the— Rostov Regiment, mutiny in the, 50 Spirit in the, 64–65, 72, 209–10, 236, 299 Volunteers, position of, 296–99 Arnold, Matthew, _quoted_, 37; his books on the Russian index, 92 Art nouveau style, prevalence in Russia, 192, 245 Artistic Theatre, Moscow, Gorki’s play at, 29–30 Assumption, Cathedral of the, Holy Week services, 163–64 Audience, characteristics of a Russian, 198–99 Aulard, Prof., _quoted_, 222 Austin, Alfred, 82 Austrians in St. Petersburg, 286 Autonomists, number in the Duma, 218 Bacon, Lord, 106 Baikal, Lake of, 4 Balfour, Mr., 105, 240, 284 Barine, meaning of term, 295 Bastille, storming of the, Walpole _quoted_, 116–17 Bauman, veterinary surgeon shot, 28; his funeral, 32–33 Beaconsfield, Lord, 119 Beethoven, _Fidelio_, 40 Bielostok, massacre at, 253 Birch, punishment abolished by Alexander II. Biron, Duc de, _quoted_, 249 Bismarck, Prince, policy, 41, 102, 111–12 “Black Gang,” or “Black Hundred,” 28, 34–35, 67, 88, 289 Black Sea Fleet, mutiny, 6 “Block,” composition of the, 156 Boswell, _quoted_, 152 Boulygin project, the, 98 “Browning” pistols, use of, 50 Bruno, Giordano, 112 Buckle read in Russia, 93 Bunyan, popularity of “Pilgrim’s Progress,” 148 Bureaucratic system, faults of the, 94–95 Burial of Our Lord, service commemorating, 163–64 Byron read in Russia, 93, 105, 273 Cabman, the, in Moscow, 73, 291 “Cadets,” _see_ Constitutional Democrats Capital Punishment— Abolition in Russia, question of, 260–61 Bill passed by the Duma abolishing, 270–72 Carlyle read in Russia, 93