First impressions.--Society.--The court of Russia.--Peter the Great.--Catherine-grand duchess!--Catherine-empress!--Paul.--Kiev-the mother of Russian cities.--Moscow.--Ivan the Terrible.--The legend of the false Dimitri.--Other memories of Moscow.--The shores of the Black Sea.--The Cossacks.--Religion, mysticism, melody and colour.--The spirit of bolshevism.