CRIMEAN MONUMENT 



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On the sandspit, which divides the small harbour, 

 stands a black -painted obelisk-shaped stone monu- 

 ment, surmounted with a cross and star, erected in 

 1 88 1, in memory of the affair of August, 1854. Such 

 are the ornaments of Petropavlovsk, all of them con- 



THE CRIMEAN MONUMENT AT PETROPAVLOVSK. 



secrations to bravery and pluck. Nor should I forget, 

 to mention the comparatively large Government House, 

 and close to it the building in which the annual sup- 

 plies are stored, both painted a dull brick-red. Pro- 

 visions are either sold to the natives, or exchanged for 

 sable or other skins they may bring in. at market 



