Lewis Carroll's Adventures in St Petersburg/Russia in 1867

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Anglican deacon and lecturer of mathematics at Oxford University, better known as the author, Lewis Carroll, made his first and only journey outside the British Isles in the summer of 1867, accompanying his friend and colleague (both held Fellowships at Christ Church, Oxford), Canon Henry Parry Liddon, to Russia

Liddon, a celebrated preacher and Tractarian apologist, who had supported the founding of the Eastern Church Association in 1864, journeyed to Russia hoping to strengthen ties between the Church of England and the Russian Orthodox Church, carrying with him letters of introduction to several Russian prelates

The trip, which began with their departure from London on 12th July 1867 (and ended with their return on 14th September), took in St Petersburg, Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod, visited for its famous annual fair, and a summary of the journey and of their adventures, including their many church visits (*), can be found in the file attachment

A copy of Dodgson's fuller account of the trip can be found here 

(*) In St Petersburg, they visited: Kazan Cathedral, the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, the Peter & Paul Cathedral, the Annunciation & Holy Trinity Churches, and the Armenian & Greek Churches, and they also spent the day in Kronstadt, 'by kind invitation of Mr MacSwinney, chaplain of its English Church'