. 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 cap and long coat is a Russianpeasant, while the one with the hood over his head and falling down tohis shoulders is a Finn, or native of Finland. How far is it from here to Finland V Frank asked. Only over the river, the Doctor replied. You cross tlie ISeva to THE GOVERNMENT OF FINLAND. 80 its opposite bank, and you are in wliat was once the independent dncliyof Finland, but has long been incorporated with Russia. When Peter theGreat came
. 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 cap and long coat is a Russianpeasant, while the one with the hood over his head and falling down tohis shoulders is a Finn, or native of Finland. How far is it from here to Finland V Frank asked. Only over the river, the Doctor replied. You cross tlie ISeva to THE GOVERNMENT OF FINLAND. 80 its opposite bank, and you are in wliat was once the independent dncliyof Finland, but has long been incorporated with Russia. When Peter theGreat came here he did not like to be so near a foreign country, and somade up his mind to convert Finland into Russian territory. The inde-pendence of the duchy was maintained for some time, but in the earlypart of the present century Russia defeated the armies of Finland, and thecountry was permanently occupied. Finland has its constitution, whichis based on that of Sweden, and when it was united with Russia the con-stitutional rights of the people were guaranteed. The country is ruled bya governor-general, who is appointed by Russia; it has a parliament for. £SSSS /--/^?^?cri: RUSSIAN AND FINN. presenting the grievances and wishes of the people, but all acts must re-ceive the approval of the Imperial Government before they can becomethe law of the land. What are those men standing in front of a building; ? said Fred, ashe pointed to a fellow with a broom talking with another in uniform. The one in uniform is a postman, was the reply, and the other is advurnil, or house guardian. The dvornik sweeps the sidewalk in front of 90 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. a house and looks after the entrance ; he corresponds to the porter, or por-tlei\ of other countries, and is supposed to know the names of all the ten-ants of the building. The postman is reading an address on a letter, and the dvornih is probably point-ing in the direction of theoi^ ~ . room occupied by the person to whom
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