Nikolaievitch, Dimitri, on the political outlook, 171–77 “Norodniu Dom,” the, St. Petersburg, 265–67 _Novoe Vremya_, the, 214 Octobrists, the— Attitude towards the Manifesto, 108 Dissolution of the Duma, opinion regarding, 282 Election results, reception of the, 157 Moderate principles of the, 153, 156 “Old Souls,” arrangement for the purchase of land, 145–46 Opéra Bouffe, the, 44 Orleans, Duke of, Walpole’s criticism, 117 Ostrovski, Mr., 9 Ouida, 138 Oushitai, Chinese town, 12, 20 Palm Sunday in Moscow, 159–61 Paris, the street fighting of ’32, &c., 57, 69; a Russian’s opinion of, 266 _Pascha_, 165, 166 Peace negotiations, the, popular opinion regarding, 1–3, 8–10, 15, 16 Peasants, the— Character, 65, 143–44, 181–82 Condition, 1905–6, 88–89 Duma, opinion of the, 196–99; their behaviour in the, 203–4, 209–10; their politics in the, 221 Education and literary taste of, 147–51 Emigration, the question of, 181–83 Franchise, method of using the, 154 Land purchase, view of the, 145–47 Poverty of, 179–80 Speech of a peasant in the Duma, 215–17 People, the Russian, description, 141–44 Peter the Great, his policy, 229 Peterhof, suburb of, description, 204–5 Petrajitski, L., 220 Petruckin, peasant, his opinions, 267–270, 273, 274 Petrunkevitch, I., leader of the Zemstvoists, 129; Cadet, 153; his style, 219 Piensa, railway strike at, 25 Plehve, M., public opinion regarding, 47; his _régime_, 119, 182 Poland— Constitutional liberties delayed, 40–42 Duma, number of Poles in the, 218 Local autonomy for, desired by Cadets, 153 Martial law declared, 99 Police— Abolition of the secret force, 36 Cadets opposed by, 157 December rising, non-preparedness for, 131–32 Massacres, connection with the, 250–56 Methods of the, 170, 201, 226 Shooting of, 78–79, 207, 261 Unlimited powers of the, 94 Withdrawal and restoration of, in Moscow, 28, 35 Politeness, Russian, 4–5 Political Parties, formation of the, 128–29, 152 Postal Strike, the, effects of, 44, 99; arrest of the officials, 99 Presnaya, destruction of the factory at, 85 Press, the— Censorship of, 95; renewed after dissolution of the Duma, 289 English, accusations against, 79 Freedom of, 119 Massacres, connection with the, 250–56 Ministerial use of the, 234–35 Radical, attacks on Count Witte, 42–43; on the Government, 119 Revolutionary spirit of, 237 Priests, a peasant’s opinion of the, 300–301 Printing-Press, discovery of the, 254–56 Prisoners, political, amnesty to, _see_ Amnesty question; deportment of, 6 Professional classes, parties formed among the, 130; _see also_ Intelligenzia Public meetings, law forbidding, August 6, 1905, 98; allowed by October Manifesto, 98–99 Public opinion on the situation, Dec., 1905,47–59 _Punch_ sold in Moscow, 160