Heber and Thornton had intended to remain in St Petersburg until after the New Year, then if possible return home through Germany.<unk> Heber and Thornton had intended to remain in St Petersburg until after the New Year, then if possible return home through Germany. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️
2 de Diciembre de 1805 y los tratados que le siguieron. Instead they extended their stay in Russia, leaving St Petersburg on 31 December 1805 by sled for the 500-mile journey to Moscow, where they arrived on 3 January. In a letter home Heber refers to it as a "overgrown village"<unk>and they made friends with many of its leading citizens and clergy. <unk> <unk> <unk> ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Heber sent home a vivid account of the night celebrations for Easter at Novo Tcherkask, the Cossack capital: "The soft plaintive chaant of the choir, and their sudden change at the moment of dawn to the full chorus of 'Christ is risen' were altogether what a poet or a painter would have studied with delight".<unk> Heber sent home a vivid account of the night celebrations for Easter at Novo Tcherkask, the Cossack capital: "The soft plaintive chaant of the choir, and their sudden change at the moment of dawn to the full chorus of 'Christ is risen' were altogether what a poet or a painter would have studied with delight".