. 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 ANTS SCKNE FROM A RUSSIAN OPERA. pations with equal facility. Peter attended the performances accompaniedby his officers. In order to encourage the drama there was no admissionfee, the company being supported by the Government. At first the performances took place in a large hall of the SuhareffTower. After a time a wooden theatre was built near the Kremlin, andperformances were given regularly. The City of Yaroslav established atheatre of
. 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 ANTS SCKNE FROM A RUSSIAN OPERA. pations with equal facility. Peter attended the performances accompaniedby his officers. In order to encourage the drama there was no admissionfee, the company being supported by the Government. At first the performances took place in a large hall of the SuhareffTower. After a time a wooden theatre was built near the Kremlin, andperformances were given regularly. The City of Yaroslav established atheatre of its own under the direction of Feodor Volkhoff, an actor whoafterwards became famous in Russia. In 1752 he was summoned to by the Empress Elizabeth, to direct performances at the courttheatre, and in 1756 the Empress issued an Imperial order establishing a 254 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. government theatre in the capital. The centennial of this event was thecelebration referred to. The Moscow Opera-house stands in a square by itself not far from theKremlin. Carriages can be driven all around it, and there are three en- 4-.
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