The Russian Empire; Its Origin and Development. Its Origin and Development (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XII. PRESENT POSITION OF THE EMPIRE, AND DESCRIPTION OF ITS COMPONENT ELEMENTS. Extent of Territory--Diversity of Races and Sympathies--Population--" Great Russia," the Centre of Gravity of the Empire--Its Extent--Homogeneity of its Population--Its Political Sympathies--The Nihilists--Religion of the Great Russians--Origin of the Race--Little Russians--White Russians--Annexations by the various Sovereigns from Ivan the Great to Alexander II. The present condition of the Russian empire is so vast a subject that in a slight sketch like the present one it is necessary to confine the description to the most clearly-marked lines, without attempting to enter into too much detail; and I cannot too strongly recommend my kind reader to look at a map of the eastern hemisphere before he attempts to follow me. There it lies before you, this great empire, in one unbroken continuity of territory from the Baltic to the Pacific. It occupies the whole of northern Europe and northern Asia, with the single exception of the Scandinavian peninsula. Its various shores are washed by the Arctic Ocean, the Baltic, the Black Sea, the Caspian, the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Behring Straits. In order to realise the great extent of that portion of the globe over which stretches the sceptre of the Tsars, it is well to remember that an overland route from England to America vid Russia, with onlyseventy miles of intervening sea-passage (twenty at Calais and fifty at Behring's Straits) is geographically possible, and by no means impracticable to hardy travellers. As you contemplate its magnitude, it dwarfs by comparison of bulk all the other empires of the world, whether ancient or modern. According to recent estimates its area embraces over 8 million square ...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XII. PRESENT POSITION OF THE EMPIRE, AND DESCRIPTION OF ITS COMPONENT ELEMENTS. Extent of Territory--Diversity of Races and Sympathies--Population--" Great Russia," the Centre of Gravity of the Empire--Its Extent--Homogeneity of its Population--Its Political Sympathies--The Nihilists--Religion of the Great Russians--Origin of the Race--Little Russians--White Russians--Annexations by the various Sovereigns from Ivan the Great to Alexander II. The present condition of the Russian empire is so vast a subject that in a slight sketch like the present one it is necessary to confine the description to the most clearly-marked lines, without attempting to enter into too much detail; and I cannot too strongly recommend my kind reader to look at a map of the eastern hemisphere before he attempts to follow me. There it lies before you, this great empire, in one unbroken continuity of territory from the Baltic to the Pacific. It occupies the whole of northern Europe and northern Asia, with the single exception of the Scandinavian peninsula. Its various shores are washed by the Arctic Ocean, the Baltic, the Black Sea, the Caspian, the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Behring Straits. In order to realise the great extent of that portion of the globe over which stretches the sceptre of the Tsars, it is well to remember that an overland route from England to America vid Russia, with onlyseventy miles of intervening sea-passage (twenty at Calais and fifty at Behring's Straits) is geographically possible, and by no means impracticable to hardy travellers. As you contemplate its magnitude, it dwarfs by comparison of bulk all the other empires of the world, whether ancient or modern. According to recent estimates its area embraces over 8 million square ...

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General Books LLC

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United States

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2012

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2012

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246 x 189 x 3mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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52

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978-1-150-17385-1

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9781150173851

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1-150-17385-8



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