Travelogues; . IN THE RIADY roofed classical Riady ! It has threeaisles of equal length, breadth, andheight, and six transverse passages, shorter but quite as highand roomy as the longitudinalarcades. The Riady is morethan a city in itself ; it is al-most a nation, an electric-lighted, steam-heated land towhich all Moscow can resortfor business and for pleasureduring the long, dark winter of richly frescoedcatacombs. But inMoscow the medievaland the modern areeverywhere face toface. Fronting onthe same great squareis the magnificent ar-cade which is calledthe Riady, the finestand most commodi-
Travelogues; . IN THE RIADY roofed classical Riady ! It has threeaisles of equal length, breadth, andheight, and six transverse passages, shorter but quite as highand roomy as the longitudinalarcades. The Riady is morethan a city in itself ; it is al-most a nation, an electric-lighted, steam-heated land towhich all Moscow can resortfor business and for pleasureduring the long, dark winter of richly frescoedcatacombs. But inMoscow the medievaland the modern areeverywhere face toface. Fronting onthe same great squareis the magnificent ar-cade which is calledthe Riady, the finestand most commodi-ous structure of itskind in Europe, sur-passing the splendidgalleries in Naplesand Milan. ,\Vhat atremendous contrastin construction be-tween the flat-walledand fantastic churchand the light, crystal-. A MAGNIFICENT MEMORIAL 166 MOSCOW of this northern latitude, and enjoy the illusion of summerwhile the streets outside are blocked with snow. The sights of Moscow are chiefly Moscow itself and theKremlin, which we shall visit last of all ; but of course thereare museums, picture-galleries, and churchei that are ofsupreme interest. In the superb old palace of the Roum-iantsoff there are ethnological collections of great interest ;across the river in the Tretiakoff Gallery is a collection of1500 canvases, by Russian j^ painters. But these things call for days, and we haveand, moreover, we see incommands attention. ItChrista Spasitelya, or
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