. Russia then and now, 1892-1917; my mission to Russia during the famine of 1891-1892, with data bearing upon Russia of to-day. c (U O 3 a *d G03 X a aj o G M <-M O G ^ 0 0 ij o,G *at*1* * «-i-{ 0 G .2 0 0 - rt s ^ 6 o Cj Q f- I o^ s 1—H <u H. toO PH ft! 8 ^ <u C3 w ^ «» Cj I-, 0) o FROM RIGA TO ST. PETERSBURG 49 Petersburg to Petrograd in 1914, and the reason,the former being German and the new nameRussian. In St. Petersburg, as in Riga, under the kindlycare of Count Andre Bobrinskoy, private hospi-talities were more extended than could be accepted,for I had determined upon devoting
. Russia then and now, 1892-1917; my mission to Russia during the famine of 1891-1892, with data bearing upon Russia of to-day. c (U O 3 a *d G03 X a aj o G M <-M O G ^ 0 0 ij o,G *at*1* * «-i-{ 0 G .2 0 0 - rt s ^ 6 o Cj Q f- I o^ s 1—H <u H. toO PH ft! 8 ^ <u C3 w ^ «» Cj I-, 0) o FROM RIGA TO ST. PETERSBURG 49 Petersburg to Petrograd in 1914, and the reason,the former being German and the new nameRussian. In St. Petersburg, as in Riga, under the kindlycare of Count Andre Bobrinskoy, private hospi-talities were more extended than could be accepted,for I had determined upon devoting my limitedtime chiefly to tours through some of the famine-afflicted provinces. My anticipated pleasure ofshaking hands with the Czar was rendered im-possible because of his having just then gone toCopenhagen with the Czarina and their son,Grand Duke Nicholas, to join in the celebration ofthe marriage anniversary of the parents of theCzarina, the King and Queen of Denmark. Apicture of the group assembled at that celebration,presented to me, may be seen on the opposite page. I met in St. Petersburg, Dr. Alexander Francis,pastor of the Anglo-American CongregationalChurch of St. Petersburg. Early in the autumn of1891, Dr. Francis spent severa
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