place
Moscow
also: Moskau, the white city
The old Russian capital, the 'white city' of the bylina; Tsar Ivan's seat, loud with bells and crowned by the five-gated Kremlin.
Reading notes
- The Book of Images §54 Moscow
The old Russian capital, the 'white city,' seen here from a Kremlin window woven into the Tsar's finished night, loud with morning bells.
- The Book of Hours §77 Moscow
Moscow — 'with bells like memories,' named among the Orthodox cities the heir-God inherits.
- Stories of God §37 Moscow
The old Russian capital, the 'white city' of the tale, loud with bells and crowned by the five-gated Kremlin.
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §361 Moscow
The Russian capital, where the False Dmitri reigned and was killed; his mock-coronation of his 'mother' was staged here.