New-York tribune., 1872-08-19
THE HISTORICAL AND SEvASTOPH Mu-
9EIIMS.


THE HISTORICAL AND SEVASToPd Mu-
SEUMS.
TIME or PETER THE GRBAT-RAILwAY DEPART
n,pNT-wAR AND NAVY DEPARrMENTS-
pIAPoRATE DESIGN OF THE sEyASTOPoL
MUSEUM. -.,.,,,.r,
tPROM REGULAR CORRESPONDENT of The rhioV'Di
MOSCOW. July 13-The Historical Museum
NJ the Exposition is devoted mainly to Peter the Great
In IN alcoye in OF his portrait wreathed with au
rel lie ON velvet cushions the sword hat ana UNIFORM
which he woro at Poltava-the hat with Duue'
through the brm Here are also two drums taken rom
tbe Swedish army and the chair In which Charles AL
was carried to the fight These are the only relics "nn
remain from Potava, the rest having peen uo
stroyed by fire, and they are tho Vi'
trophies of victory which appear In the EHposiion
This is perhaps pardonabe under the circumstances pu
elsewhere the Russians have had the goou 'hs'o ~
no display of their trophies and not even IN the spien
collection of arms in the military section are there any
Of the numerous cannon captured from the French ~
e sre they are displayed at the arsenal close oy Ihero
are numerous other portraits OF Peter IN lhs olus'
and an immense number OF engravings Alter scei"e
them we feel that We have known Peter all MS lco'
and we can never forget him. Here are also numerous
specimens OF Peters handwork, IN meta' "oou' "".
glass and the lathe which he worked manuscripts Vi
so histories OF his campaigns with his autograph correc
tons and specimens Of the earliest books printed III "'
was called the "civil scrip. the modern husslau typo
Some of the letters are different from those now Ill u'
lint ia curious that these books printed ~ Mosoo"
from type made in Amsterdam, are be'ter prlh'ou Una"
tbe hest modern ones. The nrst book is Geometry
printed I'm 1903.
We have now come to the quay OF the Moskva below the
Kremln slope where we find that part Of tho Exposition
which would most astOnis Peter II he were 10 Vslt IT,
Here are placed the departments prepared ny the hh
stries of War and Marine. The navy mas large IRON
and glass building by far the finest here, and In the
Ix,ga mfr ia
father of the Russian feet" the boat OF Peter the Great
Nm closer in1uiry find that Peter did not build thls
boat himself but II was the stored away in an out
house at Preobrazhauskoe which excited Peters cSh
curiosity and which he had fitted UP ny
Dutch carpenter. and used for his first excursions
All around this models of the different vessels OF the
Russian fleet and commercial marine, well as some
from other countries-nodels of harbors and DOCKS,
naval ordnance flags maps aud everything OF use 10
seamen The buidingis Open light and prettily deco
rated At each end fullsized sections OF shoi-
war; with cabins, masts, and everything complete
curious crowd always surrounds them and Peter could
see that his Muscovites have not yet grown fanlaf
with the sea and the ships that go down thereon.
AT the further end Of the quay is the Railway Depart
ment. with everything that is used ON Russian
railyays-engines, freight-wagons, and most COM
Portable and luxurious frst-class passenger cars
Even the narrow gauge roads are represented anu
it can be seen what changes necessary for line OF
three-fOot-sx. narrOwgauge road mas just peeh
opened from Yaroslar the Volga north to Vologda'
about $50 miles 1t will be used chiefly by the lumber
traffic Between the buildings of the Railway and Navy
Departments are those of the War Department. Here
below are the shops where can see the manufacture
of uniforms boots and accouterments, the making OF
cartridges with American machines the whole process
of making rifles the boring and finishing OF cannon and
even the manufacture of gunpowder on small scale
and with great precautions. Among the machines in
isf no
powder Climbing up the hill by zgzag path, through
| or past the Russian restaurant, we arrive at
the Kremlin, where we hud barracks, HELD nos
| pitals tents, stables, and every building OF a
CAMP Here in large building is fine display, which
am unable to describe except say that there is
whole arsenal there Specimens OF Russian weapons,
from the earliest times downs Sords spears axes guns
pistols cannon, antique revolvers and mitrai-
euses the latter for the purpose OF firing salutes-are
here in prouon. In the next gallery are models, many
OF them hfesze, to show the uniforms OF the Russian
| army from Peter down. Further on are plans and
models fOrtresses army orders signed by the SOW
ereign Of Russia surgical Instruments, and splendid
collection OF typographical maps Every department OF
the army well represented. After this idea can be
obtained Of what gigantic task 1t to create an army
Here we leave the Exposition proper to go TO the
sevastopol Museum, to which there is separate en-
trance. cannot describe the interest which this col
lection inspires. 1t equal ts thorough history of the
whole war; Here is large model of the Malakof about
20 feet square, here plans in rehe Of all the battles
a bastion Mfeslze with and shot, and two
soldiers taking aim between the Candbags Here
| maps without number, photographs and drawings Of
every place in the Crmea and of every event and Incl
dent in the war; large paintings Of battles and pOr
traits and busts of every Russian general who figured in
the campaign. This is not all: the sick and wounded
have their share. One room--a most frghtful,
CHASTITY room it isis filed with cOlored
drawings and wax models of the best
and most remarkable amputations and surgical
operations with full of the bullets that
tracted, while large wing is devoted TO the society
for the relief of the sick and wounded and bears
where its decorations the red Geneva In the
decorated which is used for lectures and explanations
on the war Ii strange at first that the Russians
celebrate thus earnestly and enthusiastically their great
est defeat. But many have forgotten, now that the
defeated there and with many there is dim con-
sciousness that the defeat at Sevastopol the
beginning OF better order OF things Tor Russia.
that his country needed more crushing
blow before il would finally advance with progress
have time speak OF the many cOncOmitans of the
model school for wOrkmen, and the popular theater
where the plays Of GOgOl and Osrotsky and other Rus
sian dramatsts nightly performed but must here
take my leave Of the Exposition convinced that II Is on
the whole, OF the prettest and certainly the most
interesting that IL has been my good fortune
witness. What 1t will do for Moscow remains to be
Moscow is growing fast in numbers business and
wealth, and will show itself yearly more and more as
one OF the great cities of the world Already its popu
ation 62OOO0 it is the center OF the network OF
Russian railways, tho cnef manufacturing district OF
the Empire and its imports IL last paid 100000
roubles more duty than St. Petersburg did. Within 81
wears 1t will again be the nominal well rs the real
capital OF Russia.