. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across y, which has a belfry more than three hundred feethigh. The monastery dates from 1390. It was once the most importantchurch establishment in Russia, and possessed immense areas of land andas many as twelve thousand serfs. It was earnestly defended against thePoles in 1612, but was captured and plundered by them. It was a quaran-tine hospital in the plague of 1771, and a military one from 1788 to 1795. The French burned several of its buildi
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across y, which has a belfry more than three hundred feethigh. The monastery dates from 1390. It was once the most importantchurch establishment in Russia, and possessed immense areas of land andas many as twelve thousand serfs. It was earnestly defended against thePoles in 1612, but was captured and plundered by them. It was a quaran-tine hospital in the plague of 1771, and a military one from 1788 to 1795. The French burned several of its buildings, but they were soon extent of the place will be understood when it is known that there aresix churches inside the walls. Our friends passed some time there lookingat the antique silver, gold, and other ornaments, and the costly vestmentswhich have been handed down from ancient times. They climbed to thetop of the belfry, and had a view of the city which they are not likely toforget immediately. The visit to the Simonoff Monastery was a preliminary to an excursionto the Troitska Monastery, which will be described in the next GALLKRY IN THE PALACK. AN ANCIENT MONASTEKY. 271 CHAPTER Xiy. A VISIT TO THE TROITSKA MOXASTERY, AND WHAT WAS SEEN THERE.—CURIOUSLEGENDS. — MONKS AT DINNER. — EUROPEAN FAIRS. — THE GREAT FAIR ATNIJNI NOVGOROD.—SIGHTS AND SCENES.—MININS TOMB AND TOWER.—DOWNTHE VOLGA BY STEAMBOAT.—STEAM NAVIGATION ON THE GREAT RIVER.—KAZAN, AND WHAT WAS SEEN THERE.—THE ROUTE TO SIBERIA. ^I^IIE Troitska (Trinity) Monastery is about forty miles from Moscow,-L and reached by railwa}^ in little more than two hours. Our friendstook an early start, intending to see the monastery and return the same daywhich is by no means difficult, as there are three trains each way everytwenty-four hours. Fred had spent the previous evening in reading upthe history of the place they were to visit. As soon as they were seatedin the train he gave the fo
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