b o o k portrait of the princefs Catharine Dolgorucki, whofe adven-
. ' .tnrpSj fo pathetically defcribed by Mrs. Vigor*, afford one
of the moft affeiting ilories in the annals of hiftory. That
unfortunate princefs, aft^r having been torn from the per-
fon ihe loved, was betrothed againft her inclination to the
emperor Peter II. On his deceafe ihe became a momentary
fovereign; but was almoft as inftantly hurried from the
palace to a dungeon, where ihe languifhed during the whole
reign of the emprefs Anne. Being at length releafed upon
the acceffion of Elizabeth, fire married count Bruce, and
died without leaving any. iffue.
* See Letters from Ruffia, by a Lady,
C H A P .
C H A P . III.
Number o f churches in Mofcow.— Defcription o f the moß an-
tient.— 'their outward firuSlure.— Interior divifions.—
Worßip o f painted images.— Defcription o f an enormous bell.
— Principal buildings in the Kremlin.— Antient palace.— ■
Convent o/Tchudof.— Nunnery 0/Viefnovitikoi.— Cathedral
o f St. Michael.— tombs and charaSlers o f the Tzars.—
Genealogical tables o f the fovereigns o f Mofcow o f the houfe
of Ruric.— O f different families.— O f the line o f Romanof.
Y I "'HE places of divine worihip at Mofcow are exceedingly c h a p .
* numerous; including chapels, they amount to above , IIL .
athoufand : there are 484 public churches, of which 199
are of brick, and the others of wood; the former are commonly
ftuccoed or white-waihed, the latter painted of a red
colour.
The moft antient churches of Mofcow are generally fquare
buildings, with a cupola and four fmall domes*, fome
whereof are of copper or iron gilt; others of tin, either
plain or painted green. Thefe cupolas and domes are for
the moft part ornamented with crolfes entwined with thin
chains or wires; each crofs has two tranfverfe bars +, the
* The church o f the Holy Trinity, fome- An engraving o f that, as well as o f fome o f
times called the Church o f Jerufalem, which the more antient churches, may be feen in
ftands in the Khitaigorod, clofe to the gate Olearius and L e Brun’s Travels.
leading into the Kremlin, has a kind o f f I am here defcribing the moft antient
high fteeple and nine or ten domes: it was churches ; the modern crofles over thofe o f
built in the reign o f Ivan Voflilievitch IT. St. Peterfburgh are moflly fingle.
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