The Portland daily press., 1896-06-06

Taking the Ivan Vslikly Tower, then,
as point Of observation, the view of
the Kremlin. spread out like map be-
low, resolves itself into fairly simp le
lines. Looking northeast to the Grand
Square, one notes first the Nikolskly
Gate, mixed Gothic tower painted. as
all the towers once were, pure white.
From this gate runs the NikoIskaia
street, branching out later into the high
way to Jaroslavi. and the famous st.
Sergius Laura. and the nowadays still
more frequented road of the railway STA
tions Tor st. Petersburg and the south.
This gate opens into the Grand Square,
within few yards of and a. right angles
to the archway leading from the shrine
of the lverskaja Madonna.
At the other end of the Grand Square.
opposite the cathedral known as Vasikly
the Blessed, is the Cato of the Saviour,
through which the Gear will make his
entry into the Kreinlin. Between these
two gates, within the walls, stand the
law courts, now converted into temper
airy quarters for various officials, and,
nearer to the Gate Of the Saviour nun
merry and the very ancient Chudov Mon
astery. Here too Is the Nicholas Palace
usually appropriated for the occupation
Of the Czarovitch.
turning now to the south, one sees
below broad road, running almost par
allel with the south wall and the river
beyond, from the Gate of the Saviour,
past the nunnery and the Nicholas Pal
ace. to the square in which Ivan Velik-
ly stands, and further away to the RICH t,
past the Archangel Cathedral and the
Grand Palace of the Kremlin to the
Borovitskly Gate, whence runs the road
over the Moscow river to the Alexan-
drlyskiy Palace. The outer side of this
| broad road is marked by railing, be-
yond which is tho steep slope down. to
the kIeml in south wall, with the Tay-
| nltskly Bastion in the centre, and the
| embankme mt and Moscow river beyond
| The view in this direction is, on q
clear day, magnificent and characteristic,
for it embraces the L rans-Mosoow river
suburb, the home of the typical Russian
merchant. The houses are largely one.
| stored, and stand in compounds, with
fences and gates. The white walls of
the houses, the graen-painted sheet iron
roofs and green foliage, and the innu-
merable churches with their gilt or blue
and star-spangled bull b-domes. make
up picture to be found nowhere else in
| the world, for Moscow is unique even in
| Russ a. On the hither side of the river.
which here makes great bend, is the
Church Of the Saviour. consecrated with
much ceremony during the coronation
fe 'tivities of Alexander III. This splen-
di pie, built to commemorate the dead
who fell in the national war" of 1912.
| is Of the usual squara shape, and so ex-
quisitely proportloned that il Is difficuA
to form any idea of it's size without ac-
tually walking through it. With Ivan
Velikly it is the first landmark seen as
one approaches Moscow from any quarter
of the compass. Far away ON the out
skirts of the city are the historic mon
asteries of Donskey, Danilov, and the
Noyodeviche, with the Sparrow Hills'
beyond. 1t was to his summer residence
that Ivan the Terrible retreated from the
| fire which devastated the Kremlin and
the town, and bore, under the awe of the
moment he listened to the advice of Sill
vester, ana for fine, changed his ma
ture. From these hills, too, Napoleon
watched the flames snatching from his
grasp the prey he had so longed to win,
ard had held to so little purpose.
turning now to the northwest go as
| to face the third side of the triangle I am
looking toward the Pptrovskly Palace,
on the highway to st. Petersburg, near
| ~ four miles away, the point whence the
| triumphal entry starts on May 81. In
| view OF events to come this side of the
kremlin naturally attracts most of ones
| atten ton. About the middle of the
northwest wall Is the Troitskly Gate.
from which branch off two more of the
principal streets. radii Of circular Mos
COW. Inside the wall, and between the
Troitskly and the Nikolskly Gates, is the
| enormous arsenal, stored with the re-
| serve of arms. On a parapet, rising at
| intervals in pyramidal from, along the
walls of the arsenal outside, and facing
the Kr emlin squares, are hundreds and
hun dreds of field cannon, captured from
| the flying army of Napoleon, or picked
up in it's wake. Most of them still bear
tho letter en-"
| Prom the Troitskly Gate southwark to
| the Moscow river the Kremlin walls are
| 90 feet high at least, and some way be-
fore the river is reached second gate
in the northwest wall, the Rorovitskly
| Gate, marks the exit to the Trans-Mos
COW river suburb. Through this gate
the Gear will drive to the Alexandriv-
sky Palace for the days of retreat, fast.
Ing and prayer in preparation for the
solemn rite of holy unotion, viii Oh fol-
lows the ceremony of coronation.
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