. Russian portraits . STATUE OF DOSTOIEVSKY /i. STATlE THE THINKER. p. 1S1. RUSSIAN PORTRAITS The interest for me was in the faces of the menthemselves, who were of the most varied type itwould be possible to collect. One could not saythey were typically Russian or typical of anyrace or of any particular character, and yet therewas some invisible link that bound all these mentogether in one common thought. After lunch Andrev fetched me, and an officialshowed us all over the Tsars palace. There wereexquisite small rooms with vaulted ceilings andfrescoed walls, from which it was evident th
. Russian portraits . STATUE OF DOSTOIEVSKY /i. STATlE THE THINKER. p. 1S1. RUSSIAN PORTRAITS The interest for me was in the faces of the menthemselves, who were of the most varied type itwould be possible to collect. One could not saythey were typically Russian or typical of anyrace or of any particular character, and yet therewas some invisible link that bound all these mentogether in one common thought. After lunch Andrev fetched me, and an officialshowed us all over the Tsars palace. There wereexquisite small rooms with vaulted ceilings andfrescoed walls, from which it was evident that thestage scenery in the Russian pperas had beencopied. There were still traces of red buntingand appeals to the workers of the world to unitein the colossal room, over-decorated with gold,which was the Throne Room of the Romanoffs,and in which the Third International had its lastmeeting. The modern apartments in the new wing arebad architecture and in bad taste, but everythingis left undisturbed. Even the photographs of theTsars Coronation are st
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