Turkish War of 1877, 124 Turks, tales from the, 7 Tyútcheff, Th., Russian poet, 183 Uhland, Ludwig, mentioned, 33 Ultramontanes, Orthodox, 270 Ultra-realistic school of Russian folk-novelists, 234 Universal religion, elements of a, 144, 145 Universal understanding, criterion of, 298 Universal welfare, a desire for, 141 Upper classes, superstitions of the, 146 Ural-Altayan language, 4 Uspénsky, Gleb, folk-novelist, artistic descriptions of, 222; his ethnographic sketches, 243; his views on ownership of land, 246 _Varingiar_, the Scandinavian, 32 Vaudeville on the Russian stage, 195 Venevítinoff, poet, 62, 287 Vengeance, question of, 128 Venguéroff, S., gifted Russian critic, 104, 172; author of biographical dictionary of Russian authors, 172 Vereschágin, Vasili, Russian painter, 124 Versification, forms of, 173 laws of rhythmical, 23 Verstóvskiy’s _Askóld’s Grave_ (opera), 13 Village-community, future of the, 222 Village communities, idyllic illusions about, 245; drawbacks of, 247 Village life, foundations of, 244; dark sides of, 224 Village life and humour, 69 Village people, typical, 222 Virgil, mentioned, 24 Vladímir, the Fair Sun, Kieff Prince, table of, 8 Voinarsóky, Russian patriot, exiled to Siberia, 36 Volhýnian annals, 14 Volkhónskaya, Princess, Tolstóy’s mother, 111 Voltaire, François, sarcasm of, 4; mentioned, 193 Vorontsova-Dáshkova, Princess, aids Catherine II. in her _coup-d’état_, 26; nominated President of the Academy of Sciences, 26; assists in compiling a Russian dictionary, 26 Vovtchók, Márko, folk-novelist, 226 Vvedénskiy, prose translator, 187 Wagner’s operas, librettos of, 296 War correspondents, 124 Weinberg, P., translator of poems, 186 Welfare of man, the greatest, 141 West Siberian villages, life in, 248 Western civilization, Russia looked to, for inspiration, 119 Western Europe, languages of, 3 mediæval city-republics of, 15 struggles for freedom in, 97, 272 Russia’s great conflict with, 122 influence of, on Russian art, 305 Western influences, struggle against intrusion of, in Russia, 16 Westerners, 266, 269, 270 White-Russian literature, 6 Wiener, Leo, great knowledge of Russian literature, 12 _n._; _Anthology of Russian Literature from the Earliest Period to the Present Time_, 12 _n._ Wine and women, an inspiration for producing poetry, 287 Wízin, Von (Fonvizin), writer of comedies, 26; _The Brigadier_, 27; _Nédorosl_, 27; creator of the Russian national drama, 27; his realistic tendency, 27; Secretary to Count Pánin, 27, 194 Wolff, Christian, natural philosopher, 23 Women, energy of Russian, 304 slavery of, 290 Women in Russian revolutionary movements, 109 Women, their part in the development of Russia, 33 Women’s rights, fighters for, 304