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Moscow, discharges his duties badly. He is an extremely
obliging and polite old gentleman to foreigners, and yet
he has a stamp of shallowness and vanity, which makes
a painful impression, when we remember that the weal
and woe of so many people depend on the state of his
emotions and judgment. That he has many friends
among the rich, conservative merchants of the city was
shown by the exhibition, in his ante-chamber, of
complimentary presents, — a collection of costly gifts sent to
him on his jubilee, — which filled one great case after
another. But when tact and magnanimous forbearance
are demanded, official zeal would evidently run away
with him.
An incident which happened in the autumn of 1887
plainly showed this. A concert was given at the
university, in which an orchestra of the students took part. In
the midst of a solemn pianissimo passage, the sound of
two blows on the ear were heard. It was a student who
gave them to Inspector Brysgalof, — “an impertinent
camel,” as one of the professors called him, a creature of
Katkóf, who had done all he could to deserve and excite
the hatred of the students. The blows were accompanied
by the words: “From all the students.” — There was a
general commotion; the police, Cossacks, all were called
up to prevent the young men from escaping from the
university. It came to a general fight: many students
were struck and wounded in the courtyard, when they
resisted arrest.
The whole affair was taken as a good excuse for the
authorities still further tightening the reins by which
the young men at the university are driven. No less
than eighty-six students were exiled on this account by
Prince Dolgorukof. What remained after this kind
of a thorough purification were the extreme
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