, PETROGRAD " " 95

INTERIOR OF A RUSSIAN CHURCH " " 102

THE CATHEDRAL AT RIGA " " 112

HER IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE TSARITSA " " 118

HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS THE TSAREVITCH ALEXEI " " 125

HER IMPERIAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUCHESS
ELIZABETH, THE FRIEND OF THE POOR " " 139

CHARACTERISTIC GROUP OF RUSSIANS " " 144

A GROUP OF RUSSIAN PEASANTS " " 152

CONSECRATION OF BURIAL GROUND IN THE
SIBERIAN STEPPES " " 162

OUTSIDE A KIRGHIZ UERTA " " 166

TARANTASS WITH ITS TROIKA FOR THE STEPPES " " 170

INSIDE A KIRGHIZ UERTA " " 180

RUSSIAN SERVICE AT THE ATBAZAR MINE " " 186

A CLASS OF RUSSIAN STUDENTS WITH TEACHER " " 195

THE ENGLISH CHURCH OF S. ANDREW, MOSCOW " " 205

THE BISHOP AND RUSSIAN CHAUFFEUR " " 216

THE BRITISH COMMUNITY AT ATBAZAR, SIBERIA " " 224

THE ARCHBISHOP OF WARSAW " " 228

A POLISH JEW " " 236

CAMELS AT WORK--SUMMER " " 256

CAMELS AT WORK--WINTER " " 262

MAP _at end_

RUSSIAN LIFE TO-DAY

CHAPTER I

RUSSIA'S GREAT SPACES

I will begin my opening chapter by explaining how I come to have the joy
and privilege of travelling far and wide, as I have done, in the great
Russian Empire. I go there as Assistant Bishop to the Bishop of London,
holding a commission from him as bishop in charge of Anglican work in
North and Central Europe.

It may seem strange that Anglican work in that distant land should be
directly connected with the Diocese of London, but the connection
between them, and between all the countries of Northern and Central
Europe, as far as our Church of England work is concerned, is of long
standing. It dates from the reign of Charles I, and from an Order in
Council which was passed in 1633, and placed the congregations of the
Church of England in _all_ foreign countries at that time under the
jurisdiction of the Bishop of London "as their Diocesan." It may be
remembered that when the present Bishop of London went to Washington
some years ago he took with him some interesting documents which he had
found in the library at Ful