Dixon travelled from the Polar Sea to the Ural Mountains and from the Vistula to the Crimea to describe a Russia he believed reborn after the Crimean War. He sails the frozen sea to the convent of Solovetsk, follows the Dvina to Archangel, and writes at length on peasant life, the Old Believers and the many religious sects.
A vivid Victorian report on Russia after the emancipation of the serfs. Download the free EPUB.