The people of no city in Europe exhibit so much apparent religious devotion as do the inhabitants of this muscovite capital; and yet we do not for a moment suppose that they are more deeply influenced in their inner lives by sacred convictions than are other races.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
It was with no small pride, therefore, that Alexander Herzen declared that the muscovite peasant in his dirty sheepskin had solved the social problem of the nineteenth century, and that for Russia, with this great problem already solved, the Revolution was obviously a comparatively simple operation.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
But in this instance the old muscovite capital is in perfect condition, so to speak, picturesque and beautiful, and never more populous and prosperous than it is to-day.
"The Story of Malta"
Maturin M. Ballou