The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-16
THE czAR's CORONATION.
Preparations for the Imperial Event to
Take Place in Moscow.
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Preparations for the Imperial Event to
Take Place in Moscow
St. Petersburg Correspondence.
There are great preparations going on at
the present time in St. Petersburg and Mos
COW for the coronation which is to take
place in May Already many hundreds of
horses are being transferred from the impe.
rial stables of St. Petersburg to Moscow The
number of these animals required for the oc-
casion may be surmised from the fact that
the minister of the imperial household has
issued an order to engage LOO volunteers as
| stablemen in addition to the regular men in
the employment. Thirty-six gilded closed
carriages and four gilded open carriages are
to be sent to Moscow for the occasion. These
vehicles must, of course be more imposing
than comfortable, since they mostly belong
to the style of carriage made a century and
even more ago. Most OF them were con-
structed in the beginning of the
eighteenth century, while others
were made in the reigns of
Alexander | and Nicholas l. CONSPICUOUS
among them is the magnificent gilded car
rage presented to the Empress Elizabeth Of
Russia by Frederick the Great in 1746 These
drawn by 1SS horses, fifty-nine of which have
been recently imported from Hanover ex-
pressly Tor the purpose, and are reported TO
be splendid set of horses--all alike as peas
and all of magnificent bay shade.
Two ermine lined purple coronation man
ties have been ordered of the dealer in furs
Grunwald, of Moscow. These mantles are to
be about seven yards in length, with an i'm
perial eagle embroidered in gold on the back
OF each OF them. The dress which is to be
worn by the Empress on the coronation is
being embroidered in tee famous atelier OF
Loinan, in Moscow 1t will consist of finely
woven silver cloth. all embroidered in silver,
garland of embroidery nearly a yard wide
running around the bottom of the skirt
and covering the train. The train alone
consisting almost entirely of silver, is to
weigh more than twenty pounds.
The old capital of Russia is to display the
greatest hospitality on that occasion. All
the numerous monasteries all private
houses, are undergoing repairs in order to
offer accommodation to the expected guests
None of the persons summoned for the oc.
casion to Moscow by the imperial decree are
to be quartered in hotels; the houses Of the
nobility of the notabes and of the digni-
taries OF the church are open to those. The
Metropelitans of st. Petersburg and of Kief,
who are to crown the Gar, are to have
splendid set of rooms in the two large his
toric monasteres of Moscow, and likewise
Will be accommodated the other twelve pre-
lates who are to officiate at the coronation.
Inc mobiles OF the government of Moscow,
in council assembled, have deci.
ded to offer the traditionary bread
and salt to the monarch on a plate which is
to cost 5000 rubes. They have resolved to
give ball to the Emperor at which, in order
to avoid crowd but 200 persons will be
present, though the hall of the House of the
Nobility in Moscow may easily contain over
1000 guests. Fifteen thousand rubes have
been voted for the decoration of the ballroom,
as much more for the restoration of furni-
ture and, all expenses considered the ball to
be given by the nobility is very likely to cost
100 900 rubles which sum will be levied as a
seif-imposed tax from the income of the
landed propretors of the government of Mos
cow, who are all eager to extend their hospi-
tality to the Gar and Czaritza