nfid dimenfions o f a wooden-bridge over,
made b y a Ruffian pea fant, 470, 471 ;
tab le o f its f re e z in g and th aw in g fo r five
y e a r s , 478 w in ter amufements on, 483
— 486 ; mark et o n , 485.
Nickell. See Cronftedt.
Nicon, p a tr ia r ch o f Ruffia, hiftory o f, I . 3x6
— 3*8. ‘ \
Niezabad, a Perfian port on th e C a fp ian Sea,
1 1 .2 5 9 . • -
Nobility, Ruffian, th e ir magnificent w ay o f
liv in g , I . 2 88 ; difference between E n g -
lifh and fore ign , I I . 372.
Nobles, Polifli, w,ho, I . 9 6. 12 2 ; th e ir p r iv
ileg e s , 12 3 , 20 2 ; Ruffian, th e ir p r iv ileg
es , I I . 96.
Nplkeuf b a ro n ,, his mafquerade and b a ll a t
P eter ibu rgh , I . 498.
Notez, a river o f G r e a t Poland, advantageous
trade which migh t be' eftabliihed on,
neglefted b y the Poles , b u t not b y the
k in g o f Pruffia, I . 1 1 5 .
No-vikof. See Hijlorians.
Novogorod, one o f th e m o il antient cities in
R u ffia , I . 4 4 4 ; its form e r p ow e r an d in dependence,
44^,; fe ized on b y Ivan V a f -
filievitch I. 44 6 , 447 ; th e eterna l bell
removed to M o fcow , 447 j C h an ce le r’ s
ac count o f i t in 1554, 44 7. See Ivan
Fajjilievitcb I I , Tribunal o f Blood, F ir ft
ch eck to its jproiperity, 4 4 9 ; is tota lly
ruined b y th e foundation o f Peteribu rgh,
4 50 ; its prefent (la te, i b . ; imperial rope
and fail m an ufaftory th e r e , 451 ; qu a rte r
o f St. Sophia, ib . See S t, Sophia. Prices
o f pro v ilion s, See. th e re , 455 j ftate o f the
co u n try b etween th a t p la c e and Peterf-
b u rgh , 457 .
Novogrodec, defcribed, I . 227.
Nuntiosj P o liih , th e ir q ua lification s , I . 96.
Odenfee, capita l o f th e ifle o f F un en, defcrip-
tion o f , I I . 583.
Oeder, Cbriftian, fome a c co u n t o f , I I . 566,
56?- ' ■ .
Ocbrling, John, a learned L ap lan d e r , his
L e x ic o n Lappon icum, I I . 343 ; his a c count
o f L a p lan d , 344— 347 ; his reafons
■for fuppo fin g the H ungarian and L a p lan d
idioms the fame, 347— 350.
Oldenburgh, gene alogica l table o f the k ings
• o f D enm a rk o f th a t houfe, I I . 579.
O ld Style, ftill obferved in Ruffia, with a
w h im fica l m iila k e occafioned by i t , I .
2 7 1 .
Olonetz, a c co u n t o f the iron w o rks in that
d id r if t , I I . 287.
Oranienbaum, palace o f, b u ilt b y prince Men-
z ik o f , I . 5 3 3 ; converted into an hofpital
fo r failors, and afte rwa rds the favou rite
refidence o f P e te r th e T h ird , 5 38 ; de-
fcription o f, ib . 539.
Orebo, account o f , I I . 482.
OxenJliern,Axely ch an ce llo r o f Sweden, fome
a c count o f , I I . 405.
- - Bencdift, ditto* fome a c count o f,
ib id .
P a B a Conventa, origin o f, I . I r .
Painting, its ea r ly introduction into Ruffia,
. 1. 453-
Palatines, th e ir office, I . 9 5.
Palias, p ro feflo r , his ac count o f a mafs o f
native iron found b y him in S ib e ria , I I .
1 3 4 ; anecdotes o f, 159— 1 7 0 ; account
o f his D iffe r ta tio In au gu ra lis , & c . 15 9 ,
1 6 0 ; e lefted member o f the R o y a l S o c ie
ty and o f th e Impe rial A c a d em y , 161 ;
v iiits th e mo il diltant provinces o f th e
empire, ib . j a c count o f his tra vels , i b . ,
account o f his hiftory o f th e M on go l
t ribes, 165 ; his o th e r w r itin g s , 16 6—-
170 ; made a member o f the B o a rd o f
M in e s , 170.
P anin, co u n t P e te r , his villa at M ik au lk a ,
I . 286 j curious defert at an en tertain men
t given b y him, 287.
Patronymioks, how formed in Ruffia, I . 3x3.
506.
P a u l, prefent G re a t D u k e o f Ruffia, b o rn ,
I I . s .
Peafants, h appy iitu ation o f th e G erman
ones in Poland, I . 1 2 9 ; fla viih condition
o f th e native ones , 13 0 ; peafants o f the
c rown and o f individuals, difference b e tween
them, 1 3 1 . See Zamoijki, Rujfta.
Ruffian, th eir manner o f falutation and
w a y o f living, 437. See p . 255. C o n t in u e
their ufual lab our in the intenfeft froft,
4 8 1 ;
■482 ; ' m a y b e tran fp o rted b y th e ir mailers
into Sibe ria, I I . 79.; a c count o f thofe o f
th e crown , and th o fe o f individuals, 1 1 : .
• 1 13 ; itriking-'difference between thofe o f
¡Ruffia and P o lan d , -i 12 oppreffions'to
• w h ich thofe o f individuals are liab le, 1 1 3 ;
m eth ods b y w h ich th e y m a y obta in th eir
> fre ed om, 1 1 6 . See Catharine I I . Bearde.
T h e i r hardinefs -accounted fo r , 305 j F in -
lan d iih , ac count o f, 3-10 ; Swed iih, th eir
drefs and dwellin g s, 3 19 . 501 ; n o -vaf-
falag e among th em , $ 0 2 ,'
Pekin, Ruffian ch u rch an d ilud en ts eila -
bliihed th ere, I I . 126.
.pen al L aw s op Rujfta, obfervations o n , I I .
78. See Sweden.
-Permanent Council, a f t fo r th e e fta b liflim en t
o f , its members, p ow e r s , du ties, See. I .
59— 92.
P eter the Great, alters th e commencement
o f - th e y e a r , d .2 7 2 . S u p p o fed ,to have
p reven ted the cap tu re o f -Charles X I I .
a f te r th e b a t tle o f Pu lta v a, -273. See
Kremlin, Columna. A b o liih e s th e R u f fian
p a tr ia r ch a te , 3 1 6 ; his aniwer to
th e arch b iih op o f N o vo g o ro d c o n c e rn - ,
in g th a t prelate’ s p la c e , ib . ; . f ir il too k
th e .t it le o f P o v e lite l, o r emp eror, 3 3 3 ;
«negOGiation between him and th e E u ropean
..powers -conce rning the .tide o f
emp eror, 335— 338 ; ^declared t z a r in
-p reference to his b ro th e r Iv an , 397. See
.JWuller, W h o are afte rwa rd s declared
jo in t fovereigns, 40.4; .P e te r was fubgeft
to e p i le p t i c k f i t s , 408 ; takes his feat at
-the pr iv y coun cil, and is ex c lu d ed b y So-
. ph ia A le x ie fn a , 4 1 0 ; confpira ey a gain ft
him preven ted , ib.-; afiumes alone the
reins o f gove rnment, .41 r ; .juftified in
-removing the imp erial feat from Mofcow
to Pe te r ib u rgh , 459— ¡462 ; 'b is or ig in a l
h u t at Peteriburgh ftill .preferved , 463 ;
his mandates fo r th& improvement o f his
new c a p ita l,.4 6 4 ; vhis -regulations fo r af-
femblies at P eter ibu rgh , ’ 5 0 7 ; fine
fa y in g o f his, 5 10 ; his c b a ra f te r , i b . ;
his. b irth and d e ath , 5 1 1 . S e e .p p . 559.
562. O a th c o n c e rn in g th e fucceffion o r d
e red b y him. to be taken by all his fub -
Jcdis,. 513 ; .is .fu p p o fed to h a ve defigned
A n n e o f Ho lftein fo r his fu c c effo r , ^5x6,
.V 0 1 ..J I .
560 ; n o t n a tu ra lly a fraid o f th erw ater ,
.524 ; his vo yag es u pon the Y a u fa , L a k e
o f Per iflaf, and th e W h ite Sea, ib . 525 ;
takes A z o f b y the h e lp o f a fleet b u ilt in
le fs than a yea-r, 527 ; L e B ru yn ’ s a c co u n t
o f h is -n a v y in 170 3, -528.; th e houfe he
liv ed in whilft the fortrefs o f Peteribu rgh
w a s-b u ild in g , de fc rib ed , 52-9 ; fometimes
performed h i m fe lf th e office o f - e x e c u t i on
er on traitors, 53.4 ; his reafons fo r
e x c lu d in g his fon from the throne, 570 ;
his no te to counts R om a n z o f and T o lf to i,
<who b rou gh t th a t prin c e from N a p le s ,
-582. See Falconet. His c iv iliza t io n o f
his"fu b jefts v e r y in complete , I I . 94—-9 6 .
See Sacred Synod, Academy o f Sciences. H is
.g r e a t attention to the n avy, 2 2 6 ; b o a t
mad e b y h im p referved - in -the arfenal a t
S to ck h o lm , 3 5 1--.
Peter I I . his g ran d fon , fome ac count o f, I .
308. See .p .
Peter I I I . fome ac cou n t -o f , I I . 3— 3 2 ; is
ap poin ted g r ân d -d u k e , 4 ; marries S o -
j ) h ia A u g u f ta o f A n h a lt -Z e r b f t , ib . ; fixes
h i s refidence. at Oranien b aum , w ith his
man ner o f amu fin g h im fe lf th ere, 5 , 6-j
In trigue s o f count "Beftuchef to ex c lu d e
him from th e fucceffion, 6 ,-7 ; P e te r ’ s
acceffion, makes peace w ith th e k in g o f
Pruffia, 8 ; difobliges th e c le r g y , arm y ,
and nobles, 10, 1 1 ; his r id icu lou s adm
ira tion o f th e k in g o f Pruffia, 1 1 *
w h o gives him the moft fa lu ta ry advice,
1 2 ; his ineonfiftent beh aviour to his
co n fo r t, 13.j h is hlindnefs and in fa tu a tion,
i ‘6 ; his irre folute b eh aviour on
b e in g informed o f the-re volution in fa v
o u r o f th e emprefs,-23 ; f a j l s t o G fo h -
f la d t , 2 4 ; w here he is; refufed admittan
c e , 25 ; retires to Oranien b aum ,
27 ; arid fiibrmts to th e emprefs, 29,;
form o f his abd ica tion , ib . ; his death#
3 1 . See Catharine I I . Holftein Guards,
Ivan . Impoftors who aflumed his name,
64, 6 5.
Pcterboft pa la ce and gardens o f , de fc rib ed ,
“I- 539— 543* "
PeterJburghySt. pleafantnéfs ®f th e ro ad n ear
th a t c ity , I . 45-8 ; its la titu d e an d lon g itu
d e , and divifidns, 459 ; h ifto ry o f, 462.
— 467 ; imp erial feat transferred to , in