Catherine II., 301 Character, English and Russian compared, 77–78, 223–24 Chartres, Bishop of, _quoted_, 207 Chernaia, village of, 51–55 Chinese— Hospitality of the, 12–13 Recitation, their manner of; 15–16 Wizard, the professional, 16–17 Chila, description, 5–7 Chouchnin, Admiral, assassination, 301 Climate, Russian, 180–81 Commerce and Industry, party of— Principles of, 153 Union with the Octobrists, 156 Congress, the Inter-Parliamentary, 262, 273 Conservative Party, the— Attitude towards the Manifesto of Oct. 17th, 133; towards the Duma, 222–23; towards the Government, 275 Dissolution, opinion of the, 282 Position after the Manifesto, 38 Constituent Assembly, the demand for, 42, 76 Constitution, Government’s intentions regarding a, 109, 132 Constitutional Democrats, the— Characteristics, 194–95 Current ideas on their policy, 94, 226–29, 230–32 Moderates’ charges against, 153–54 Origin of the, 129–30 Policy, 46, 153, 175–76, 181–82, 283–85 Programme, their election, 87, 158–59 Prominent members sketched, 218–220 Strength in the Duma, 156, 158–59, 218 Tiers-État compared with the, 205–7 “Controller” of a train, his duties, 5 Convicts, Russian, treatment of, 24, 26 _Cornhill Magazine_ sold in Moscow, 160 Cossacks, the— Attitude towards the “soldiers,” 12 Opinion of a Cossack regarding, 298 People, treatment of, 28–29, 33, 68–69 Council of Empire, charges against the Duma, 197 Crown, misunderstanding between the Duma and the, 278–79 Dante, _quoted_, 19 Danton, _quoted_, 249 De Witt, 112 Decembrists of 1825, 82 “Declaration of the Rights of Man,” 107 Delegate, the election of a, 154–56 Demchinsky, Boris Nikolaievitch, 10 Democratic Reform, the Party of, Policy, 220 Dolgoroukoff, Prince, 130, 220 Dostoievski, 18, 89— Anniversary celebrations, 121 Genius of 122–27, “Letters from a Dead House,” popularity of, 149–50 Peasants’ opinion of his books, 264 Doyle, Conan, read in Russian, 18 Dresden Hôtel, Moscow, 188 Drunkenness in Russia, 7 Du Maurier, _quoted_, 32 Dubassoff, Admiral, addresses the crowd, 49; charges against, 68, 86 Duma, the— Capital punishment abolished, 270–72 Censure, vote of, passed, 215 Composition, 218–24 Concession, the, of Aug. 6th, 98 Current ideas regarding the, 225–32, 299–300 Dissolution, 275–81; ex-members’ appeal to the country, 287 Emperor’s refusal to receive President, 207–9 General desire for, 88 Government’s attitude towards, 221, 234, 259 Loan Question, the, 174–77 Opening of the, 191–201 Orderliness of the, 198–99, 203 Prime Minister’s Address, 212–13 Prognostications regarding, 153, 156–58, 189–90 Speech of a peasant, 215–17; of Prince Urussoff, 250–57 Durnovo, M.— Policy, 95, 132, 136 Resignation, 174, 184 Easter in Moscow, 162–69