The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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Page 784
... Russia are primitive peo- ple living in villages . Their life is a localised life , their interests are localised interests . The educated people and the industrial population who live mostly in towns and whose life is organised , have ...
... Russia are primitive peo- ple living in villages . Their life is a localised life , their interests are localised interests . The educated people and the industrial population who live mostly in towns and whose life is organised , have ...
Page 785
... Russia's raw material lies buried ; on the west an arbitrary line of demarcation separates Russia from Poland , and the newly - formed States of Esthonia , Latvia and Lithuania . The Black Sea and the Caucasian mountains with Georgia at ...
... Russia's raw material lies buried ; on the west an arbitrary line of demarcation separates Russia from Poland , and the newly - formed States of Esthonia , Latvia and Lithuania . The Black Sea and the Caucasian mountains with Georgia at ...
Page 812
... Russia itself , in cases even more so . Omsk , Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk are also centres of trade and government ... Russia retroceded to Rumania the territory of Bessarabia with 17,146 square miles ( population 2,344,800 ) ; Poland was ...
... Russia itself , in cases even more so . Omsk , Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk are also centres of trade and government ... Russia retroceded to Rumania the territory of Bessarabia with 17,146 square miles ( population 2,344,800 ) ; Poland was ...
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INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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