Publications, Issue 3, Volume 1, Part 5Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... Moscow is seven hundred versts by land : couriers on horseback , or drawn in sledges , perform the journey , in winter , in four or five days ; in summer , within seven or eight : merchants are fifteen days on the road . By vessels on ...
... Moscow is seven hundred versts by land : couriers on horseback , or drawn in sledges , perform the journey , in winter , in four or five days ; in summer , within seven or eight : merchants are fifteen days on the road . By vessels on ...
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... Moscow to all his brother Potentates . This homage the Tartars are held to pay every year , with the intent to humble them to submission . Such are the great victories and feats of valour which the deceased Emperor Ivan achieved during ...
... Moscow to all his brother Potentates . This homage the Tartars are held to pay every year , with the intent to humble them to submission . Such are the great victories and feats of valour which the deceased Emperor Ivan achieved during ...
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... Moscow , fifty dinars ; sometimes it is as low as ten . The Pood is equal to forty Pfund , and every Pfund is one hundred and thirty - three drachms : it is exactly thirteen Okas of Stambol . The treasure or tribute of Siberia is ...
... Moscow , fifty dinars ; sometimes it is as low as ten . The Pood is equal to forty Pfund , and every Pfund is one hundred and thirty - three drachms : it is exactly thirteen Okas of Stambol . The treasure or tribute of Siberia is ...
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