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In January 1912, Sir Ronald Ross was invited to join an official visit to the Russian Duma. This was a reciprocal trip to St. Petersburg and Moscow after members of the Russian Duma had visited the UK Parliament.
\nThe group left Victoria Station on 22nd January 1912, crossing into Russia from Germany. Travelling in the Tsar\u2019s personal train to St. Petersburg, they reached the city on the 25th.<\/p>\n

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Luggage labels used by Ross<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In his Memoirs, Ross comments:
\n‘Most of the party left London wearing fur coats and Astrakhan hats, but I was too busy to make such preparations, and joined them in an appalling leather-lined fishing ulster [coat] surmounted by a top-hat. These were not admired by my companions; but the tables were turned when we reached Russia. There the crowds mistook the respectably dressed members for Russians and maintained dead silence \u2013 until I appeared, when they recognised a true Briton and cheered themselves hoarse! Thereafter the order always was, \u201cRoss, wave your top hat will you!\u201d’
\nRoss comments on the luxuries he encountered, including \u2018 2 banquets a day, each commencing with the \u2018zakusa\u2019, a gourmet\u2019s cold collation with caviar, vodka, and a cigarette, after which the doors were opened for the serious eating!’<\/p>\n

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A menu and musical programme for a Banquet given in Moscow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

They met the Tsar and Tsarina on 29th January. Ross comments that the Tzarina spoke perfect English and \u2018was a beautiful lady\u2019, but \u2018 There was a listening fear in her regard.\u2019 As a retrospective comment (his Memoirs were published in 1923), he says \u2018she may have divined the awful future\u2019 (ie the Royal family\u2019s death<\/a> at the hands of Bolshevik revolutionaries in 1918)
\nThe group went from St. Petersburg to Moscow and left for London on February 5th. Ross commented that \u2018the Russians do not have catarrhs nearly as often as we [the British] do.\u2019
\nAll material is from the Ross Collection in LSHTM Archives.<\/p>\n

Look out for more images of Ross\u2019s Russian trip on Twitter: @LSHTMarchives<\/p>\n

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Programme and menu of the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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