Excerpt from Memoir of Benjamin, Lord Bloomfield, Vol. 2 of 2: G. C. B., G. C. H Visit to Russia - Abo Helsingfors - Arrival at St. Petersburg - Casan Church - Cronstadt - The Tauride Palace Museum - Relics of Peter the Great - The Church of St. Alexander Nevsky - The Islands - Academy of Fine Arts - Tsarskoeselo - The Admiralty - Corps des Cadets - Corps des Mines - Catherinenhof - Foundling Hospital - Imperial Stables - Arsenal. Wednesday, June 29th, 1825. - Landed at Abo (in Finland) and had a run down the town before breakfast. Visited the Commandant, and was much struck with the very smart appearance of the soldiers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."