The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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... RUSSIA . Were we engaged in tracing the distribution of the Slav race , instead of simply recording the States into which they have formed themselves , or in which they have attained the upper hand as the ruling class , we should have ...
... RUSSIA . Were we engaged in tracing the distribution of the Slav race , instead of simply recording the States into which they have formed themselves , or in which they have attained the upper hand as the ruling class , we should have ...
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... Russia proper - excluding Finland , the Baltic Provinces , Lithuania , Poland , and the Caucasus , which , though politically part of Russia , are socially not of it— only 127 towns in the whole of the Empire in Europe , and of these ...
... Russia proper - excluding Finland , the Baltic Provinces , Lithuania , Poland , and the Caucasus , which , though politically part of Russia , are socially not of it— only 127 towns in the whole of the Empire in Europe , and of these ...
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... Russia which never cease to have an interest for the curious tourists who in yearly increasing numbers congregate at these temporary exchanges of the Europo - Asiatic traders . Of the Government of Russia it is almost needless saying ...
... Russia which never cease to have an interest for the curious tourists who in yearly increasing numbers congregate at these temporary exchanges of the Europo - Asiatic traders . Of the Government of Russia it is almost needless saying ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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