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IN THE STREETS OF ST. PETERSBURG.--ISVOSHCHIKS AND DROSKIES.--COUNTING IN RUSSIAN.--PASSPORTS AND THEIR USES.--ON THE NEVSKI PROSPECT.--VISITING THE CHURCH OF KAZAN.--THE RUSSO-GREEK RELIGION.--UNFAVORABLE POSITION OF ST. PETERSBURG.--DANGER OF DESTRUCTION.--GREAT INUNDATION OF 1824.--STATUE OF PETER THE GREAT.--ADMIRALTY SQUARE.--THE SAILORS AND THE STATUE. 58

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