Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-08-10
RUSSIA AT THE FAIR.
Tho Muscovite Empire Makes a
Creditable Showing.
The Finest Display the Czsr's Government
Has Ever Made-It Is Not as Va
rIed as Some Others. But
Certainly Sui Generis.
Especial Worlds Fair Letter. !

ahead of this mighty country, would
produce nothing small if it chose &c
compete and exhibit at all at this
Worlds Columbian exposition, held SC
many thousands of miles away from
the Volga and the Lena. But nobody
had surmiSed that Russia would come
over here with an aggregate exhibit so
extensive and comprehensive, for ii
has not been Russia's way heretofore
At other universal expositions to do so.
Her present showing in this respect is
by far the most satisfactory ever made,
and larger and finer even than at the
Paris exposition of 1889, although there
were potent political reasons at that
time to make her do her best.
The most interesting part of the
whole Russian section at Manufactures
building is undoubtedly that of the
Asiatic provinces, including the eau
casus. Bokhara, Khokand and the fer
tile districts of Siberia. For the eth
nologiSt this exhibit is particularly en-
crossing since it offers a perfect pic
ture Of the choicest and most perfect
products, both natural and human, of
the hundred and odd tribes and races
scattered and intermingled all over
that vast territory, in itself about as
large as the whole United States. This
exhibit is a carefully selected epitome
Of the huge Central Asiatic exhibition
held in Moscow two years ago. Weap-
ons Of every imaginable kind, house
hold utensils and apparel, jewelry and
native art objects are all there in rich
array, and it will probably attract the
widest attention here, since it is so
novel and opens up to our inner eye a
vast area of which we have but read
up to this time,
From this topic to the Russian edu-
catonal exhibit is quite a leap. of
course, everybody knows that the edu-
catiOual standard in Russia is very
low, Le, the percentage of illiteracy
is much greater than in any other
European country. But there is also
there a small minority of persons
whose educational requirements are
extremely high, and for this fact the
imperial schools, colleges, academies
and universities are mainly response |
bic. These rank quite high, only being
surpassed by the German, French and !
English. They have, all told, an at
tendance Of nearly half a million pu-
pills male and female, and in the list |
OF these imperial institutions are in /
cIuded art academies, schools for .
needIewOrk, professional schools for .
gFIs, commercial schools, hospitals, /
asyIums for the insane, blind, deaf and
lum0' orphanages, technical schools
and manual training schools. Charts,
maps, books and other implements of
teaching are on view. Specimens of
beautiful needlework, embroidery, etc,
all OF that peculiar Russian (semi-
orenta) style and taste, will gladden.
the eyes Of female visitors to this de-
partment 1t has been sent over and
nrSt collected under special order from
Tue car and the minister of public in
SIruetlon at st. Petersburg has given
the matter his personal attention.
The showing thus made TAT an ex-
Pendlture Of over 100000 roubles), is
remarkably fine ard complete, only
"cNlng in that department which we,
u inns country, commonly designate
. public schools, viz, primary and
grades.
In the Fine Arts building there are
'Oout 22O objects sent from Russia, the
Nork OF such typical painters as Sem
itd'Sky' Makotfsky, Rapin, Beroff.
'ome OF these come direct from the
''uuloS OF these artists, but the greater
lumber of the pictures are merely
y by their private owners or by
.ne imperial galleries. The most dis
motive and remarkable Of these paint
uBS snow the brilliant coloring, the
D. luue though effective drawing of the
russian school and deal with native
'uoJectS. There are some fine histor-
,s ana one or two striking genre
'",ntlhgS in the lot. Those from ex-
20 Russian artists at Paris,
,nLm ,Ch' Berlin, are not typical, but
u 81 IN a measure the peculiarities
Sa' masters there. In water colors
'uu IN sculpture the collection is weak,
w. Jake 1t altogether, it is the finest
p' ' most characteristic showing of ,
D ,,"Gs!ah art ever made at foreign ex- {
!, p. IL is under the direction of
H. russo American, Theodore Kamen- :
in ny ~, VINO Is a sculptor and has resided
Years. ''o Pas' twenty
viii TIipletning peculiarly Russian, too, =
tact, De the exhibition Of furs in Manu-.
Iarroa. building. Grunwald, the
WOLF OIL. Individual fur dealer in the
evo,n u to-day, whose concessions for the
inc bo o.,e chase of the rarest fur-bear.
sis 9 , lasts in whole provinces of Rus
one ,i,I 'he imperial government but
cessionne The revenue which the con-
nual nros. reaps in the shape of an
who 5n aon'S 1.-THE same man, by the wav
order vi the Moscow exposition, in
peror 20 retain the favor of the EN-.
Cess Of tL 10 secure the financial sue
all tba no s sne exposition itself. boupbt nm &
in ady,m millions of tickets of admission {
In -, mas magnificent display. '
fox Sink Sink, ermine, beaver, bear, silver
turs Of t ira squirrel and other peculiar
eegan, Sne russian dominions. and in /
" them apes garments and caps made
WIS exposition will show