Note 7 — Chapter LII · VLADIVOSTOCK.
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The subjects of Russian study are as follows: Prayers learnt memoriter; explanation of most important chapters in Old and New Testaments; Old and New Testament history; principles and doctrines of the Orthodox Church; catechism; Divine revelation, sacred legends, and holy writings; ancient and modern books; faith, hope, charity: Greek and Russian Church histories; Sclavonic and Russian language and literature: Latin, Greek; arithmetic, algebra, geometry, plane trigonometry, and physical geography: natural sciences, electricity, galvanism, light, heat, motion, meteorology, chemistry: natural history, geology, botany, zoology: history, ancient, modern, Oriental, Greek, and Roman: geography: German, and one other modern language at choice, except that in certain seaport towns (as at Vladivostock) it must be English. This course applies to boys’ gymnasia throughout Russia, and all the principal subjects are compulsory. Others may be studied out of the gymnasium, such as music, languages, technology, practical chemistry, etc.