ALEXANDROVSKY REENOK 



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One of the greatest resources which my wife and I had in 

 Petersburg^ was buying curios at the Alexandrovsky Reenok 

 (The Market of Alexander). This place is about midway 



FIG. 47. -The Xevsky. 



between the Cathedral of St. Isaac and the Warsaw station, 

 and consists of a large number of small and dingy shops 

 which cover an irregular square of ground of about a hundred 

 and fifty yards side. It is in fact a sort of rag fair with all 



