. 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 ic affairs, and compelled him to live away from the Imperial her death, in 1Y96, she kept him in retirement, although she hadhis sons taken to court and educated nnder her immediate like this was calculated to make him whimsical and revengeful,and when he became emperor he tried to undo every act of his motherand those about her. Pie disbanded her armies, made peace with thecountries with which she was at w
. 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 ic affairs, and compelled him to live away from the Imperial her death, in 1Y96, she kept him in retirement, although she hadhis sons taken to court and educated nnder her immediate like this was calculated to make him whimsical and revengeful,and when he became emperor he tried to undo every act of his motherand those about her. Pie disbanded her armies, made peace with thecountries with which she was at war, reversed her policy in everything,and became a most bitter tyrant towards his own people. He issued ab-surd orders, and at length his acts bordered on insanity. A conspiracy was formed among some of the noblemen, who repre- 88 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. seiited to his son Alexander that it was necessary to secure the abdicationof his father on the ground of incapacity. Late at night, March 23d,1801, they went to liis bedroom and presented a paper for him to refused, and was then strangled by the conspirators. Alexander Mas proclaimed emperor, and the announcement of Pauls death wasliailed with delight by his oppressed subjects. Among the foolish edictshe issued was one which forbade the wearing of round hats. Within anhour after his death became known, great numbers of round hats were tobe seen on the streets. YouHe had enough of the history of the Imperial family of Russiafor the present, said the Doctor, after a pause, and now avoU look atthe people on the streets. It is getting late, and well go to the hotel,making our observations on the way. Here are distinct types of the inhabitants of the Empire, the Doc-tor remarked, as they passed two men who seemed to be in animated con-versation. The man with the round 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
Size: 1363px × 1834px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorknoxthomaswallace1835, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880
