Travelogues; . THE MOSCOW GATE, ST. PETERSBURG MOSCOW 117 Moscow the distance is about four hundred miles, as thecrow flies. Our train will emulate the crow, for the railwayruns in a bee-line to the old capital. It is a most significantillustration of autocratic power, this railway-line that turnsaside for no natural barrier, that does not swerve from its. THE KREMLIN AND THE MOSKVA straight course for any reason urged by expediency or thedemands of Russian commerce or Russian industries. Therailway shuns the towns and the factories ; it traverses amarshy desert ; it touches only one place of
Travelogues; . THE MOSCOW GATE, ST. PETERSBURG MOSCOW 117 Moscow the distance is about four hundred miles, as thecrow flies. Our train will emulate the crow, for the railwayruns in a bee-line to the old capital. It is a most significantillustration of autocratic power, this railway-line that turnsaside for no natural barrier, that does not swerve from its. THE KREMLIN AND THE MOSKVA straight course for any reason urged by expediency or thedemands of Russian commerce or Russian industries. Therailway shuns the towns and the factories ; it traverses amarshy desert ; it touches only one place of importance,and that one merely because it lies directly in its path. Whywas it so constructed .* Because the Tsar, Nicholas I, thuswilled it. Several routes had been outlined by his Tsar, rightly suspecting interested motives on the part ofthe champions of every scheme, by a bold action placed him-self in the category with Solomon, Alexander, and laid a ruler on the map and drew a straight line from thenew to the old capital, saying, You will build the railwaythus. Hence, to-day, the traveler speeds over four hundred ii8 MOSCOW
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