MOSCOW. 
would have been the wonder of the world. The 
architect who constructed the plan was a Rus- 
sian, and had studied in Paris'. This model 
cost fifty thousand roubles. The expense neces- 
sary for the accomplishment of the undertaking 
(as the architect Camporesi, who made the esti- 
mate, assured us) would have been fifty millions 
of roubles. The calculation laid before the Em- 
press stated the amount only at twenty millions. 
The work was begun ; but, it is said, the falling 
in of a part of the foundation determined the 
Empress against its prosecution. From the 
state of the roof of the building, where this 
model is kept, it may be expected that every 
trace of so magnificent an undertaking will soon 
be annihilated. Symptoms of decay already 
appear ; and the architect told us it might soon 
be expected to fall. When he delivered his 
report of the dangerous condition of the edifice, 
the Russians shrugged their shoulders, and said, 
“ Fall in ! And what if it does ?" 
The plan was, to unite the whole Kremlin, 
having a circumference of two miles, into one 
magnificent palace. Its triangular form, and 
the number of churches it contains, offered 
(1) According to the Voyage de Deux Fratifaw, the model was con- 
structed by a German joiner of the name of Andrew Wetman, after a 
design by the architect Bajarwf, pupil of Vail ///. See tome III. p. -D7- 
