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 Annunciaton Cathedral with magnificent shrines & reliquaries, & the Assumption Cathedral where all the Emperors are crowned. Today I saw all the Crowns, Thrones, Royal Carriages, Plate & the Palaces of the Kremlin, with are magnificent & very varied in style. Tomorrow I go to the Canterbury of Russia, a little way from Moscow. I have seen Coote, the F.O. Agent & have to see him again: also, if possible, the Commercial & Technical. Moscow is a large place & it would take a fortnight to get a good look at it. The view from the Kremlin Terrace as “mo-gul”, such a mass of beautiful domes, spires & minarets, gilded and painted are not to be seen elsewhere.

At 10 last night I had to dress, & call on Madame Nicolievna Slevansky, sister of Baron who was staying with the Princess Voranksoff at the West End of Moscow. She & her husband, a Military Judge, Judge of the Court Martial, received me most amiably. She is like her brother, a very happy creature, with 2 beautiful children, boy & girl. I was there until midnight, as the Judge, a Major General, was going to Toules today & I should not have had another chance of seeing him. I am going to see the Father, Paul Baron Hofer at St Petersburg. I have not yet had time to call on Mr Deakers, people are late in the morning here, & have a long break for lunch in the middle of the day, & daylight ends at