The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 4Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest G. P. Putnam's sons, 1925 |
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Page 756
... horses - Country life - Costumes - Buda and Pest - Lake Balaton - Hungarian Gipsies . XXIV . YUGO - SLAVIA Serbia of the past - Constitution " The Poor Man's Paradise " -Brides on offer - Superstitions - Belgrade - Sarajevo- Ragusa ...
... horses - Country life - Costumes - Buda and Pest - Lake Balaton - Hungarian Gipsies . XXIV . YUGO - SLAVIA Serbia of the past - Constitution " The Poor Man's Paradise " -Brides on offer - Superstitions - Belgrade - Sarajevo- Ragusa ...
Page 784
... horse and camel , and , where roads are practicable , on motors . Newspapers are rare , books and schools are scarce , and factories and workshops are infrequent . For the most part Russia is a land of peasant cultivators of the soil ...
... horse and camel , and , where roads are practicable , on motors . Newspapers are rare , books and schools are scarce , and factories and workshops are infrequent . For the most part Russia is a land of peasant cultivators of the soil ...
Page 787
... horses and cattle — are penned . Except in the Ukraine , flowers are a rarity , excepting the sunflower , grown for its seeds . These seeds are as popular for chewing as chewing - gum is in the United States . In size a Russian village ...
... horses and cattle — are penned . Except in the Ukraine , flowers are a rarity , excepting the sunflower , grown for its seeds . These seeds are as popular for chewing as chewing - gum is in the United States . In size a Russian village ...
Page 800
... horses . Of these Russia had es- pecially fine breeds , such as the Orloff trotters . There are motors , however , for hire , and many private cars ; it is said that Moscow now has 3,000 motor cars . The majority of foot pas- sengers ...
... horses . Of these Russia had es- pecially fine breeds , such as the Orloff trotters . There are motors , however , for hire , and many private cars ; it is said that Moscow now has 3,000 motor cars . The majority of foot pas- sengers ...
Page 803
... horses . They are among the few prosperous people in the Russia of to - day . The square contains two colossal columns , nearly forty yards high . PETROGRAD : GENERAL HEADQUARTERS It has a wonderfully Facing the Winter Palace , the ...
... horses . They are among the few prosperous people in the Russia of to - day . The square contains two colossal columns , nearly forty yards high . PETROGRAD : GENERAL HEADQUARTERS It has a wonderfully Facing the Winter Palace , the ...
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