Russia, centres of development in, 14 exploration of, 225, 230-232 her firm hold of the Black Sea, 27 begins to play a serious part in European affairs, 27 independent republics of, 15 invasion of, by Turks, 15 main cities of South and Middle, laid waste by Mongols, 15 unity of the spoken language of, 13 Russian administration, rottenness of, 283 Russian annals, high literary value of, 15 Russian Art, different currents in, 300 Russian Church, split in the, 19-21 Russian diplomatists in Austria, 122 Russian drama, the, 191-217 Russian dramatists, clumsy productions of, 48 Russian epic heroes, Eastern origin of, 9 Russian epics, mythological features of heroes of, 10 Russian folk-lore, 10 Russian functionaries, venal nature of, 283 Russian Geographical Society, 8 Russian Intellectuals, 304, 307; moral bankruptcy of, 310, 314, 315 Russian language, 3-36; richness of, 3; its pliability for translation, 3; musical character of the, 4; many foreign words adopted in, 4; remarkable purity of, 5; grammatical forms of, 5; roots of unchanged, 5; beauty of structure of, 5; remarkably free from _patois_, 6; unity of the spoken, 13; foundation of the grammar of, 24; dictionary of, compiled by Academy of Sciences, 26; melodiousness of, 53 Russian literature, a new era in, 283 Russian novel, change in the, 303 Russian philosophical language, 31 Russian _sagas_, 10 Russian society, influence of Tchernyshévskiy’s novels upon, 281 intellectual portion of, 314 Russian theatre in the first years of the nineteenth century, 194, 195 Russian verse, old, 22 Russian versification, rhythmical form of, 13 Russian women, higher education of, 303 Russian youth, development of, 293 Russians, traditions, tales, and folk-songs of, 7 Rustem of Persia, legends of, 8 Ryépin’s picture of Tolstóy behind the plough, 137 Ryeshétnikoff, folk-novelist, 234; description of his novels, 236-240; literary defects of his works, 237 Ryléeff, literary representative of the Decembrists, 35, 36; his ballads circulate in Russia in manuscript, 36; powerful poetical gift of, 36 Sádko, personification of navigation, 9 St. George, 9 St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, 23, 24 St. Petersburg winter season, attractions of, 46 Saint-Simonism, 271 Saltykóff (_nom-de-plume_ Schedrin), satirist, 282 Sand, George, mentioned, 229 Satire, a favourite means of expressing political thought, 282 Satire, writers of, 282-285 _Saying about Igor’s Raid_, extracts from, 12 Scandinavo-Saxon language, 4 Scheller (_nom-de-plume_ A. Mikháiloff), novelist, 304 Scherbátoff, Prince, collector of annals and folk-lore, writes a history of Russia, 28 Scherbina, N., anthological poet, 184 Schiller, Johann Christoph, references to, 4, 33, 40, 51, 56, 103, 185, 276, 288