Excerpt from Lives of Eminent Russian Prelates: I. Nikon, Sixth Patriarch of Moscow, II. Saint Demetrius, Metropolitan of Rostoff, III. Michael, Metropolitan of Novgorod and S. PetersburgMoscow, the capital of Russia, is situated nearly in the centre of the empire, on the river Moskva, a branch of the Volga. It contains the celebrated Kremlin, -a wonderful cluster of palaces, churches, and towers, the State residence 'of the Tsars, or Emperors...
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