THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 123 



Photograph by Nevin O. Winter 



A GROUP OP RUSSIAN FORESTERS 



In centuries past there were magnificent forests of vast extent in the northern section of 

 the Ukraine, but the trees have gradually disappeared. Reforestation is one of the obligations 

 resting upon this people when peace again comes to them. 



been the best of feeling toward them by 

 the Orthodox population and a terrible 

 massacre occurred in 1905. It has always 

 been a stirring revolutionary center and 

 has caused the imperial government much 

 trouble in the past quarter of a century. 



KIEV, THP, HOUY CITY OP THE UKRAINE 



Kiev is the holy city of the Ukraine 

 and hundreds of thousands of pilgrims 

 visit it each year. The natural landscape 



is heightened at all times in its pictorial 

 effect by the picturesque groups of pil- 

 grims, staves in hands and wallets on 

 backs, who may be seen clambering up 

 the hills, resting under the shadow of a 

 hill, or reverently bowing the head at the 

 sound of a convent bell. 



Here is the story as it is recently re- 

 lated by Russian chroniclers. A thou- 

 sand years ago, or thereabouts, a very 

 holy monk, named Anthony, came to 



