tcmieur, lit. a cutter

21. Moscou, in Russian Moskva, the second town of the Rnssian

empire, formerly the capital and résidence of the Czara, on the Moskova. It possesses a vast number of religions, political, and national monuments, artistic, scientific, and benevolent institutions. Moscou is the holy town of the Russians and the cradle of their nationallty. It was founded in 1147, and was the seat of the Gk)vemment from 1300 to 1703.