TAILIEUCHUNG - The Empire of Russia

The world is now too busy to read voluminous history. The interminable details of battles, and the petty intrigues of courtiers and mistresses, have lost their interest. In this volume it has been our object to trace perspicuously the path which Russia has trod from earliest infancy to the present hour. The career of this empire has been so wild and wonderful that the historian can have no occasion to call in the aid of fancy for the embellishment of his narrative. The author has not deemed it necessary to incumber his pages with notes to substantiate his statements. The renowned Russian historian. | The Empire of Russia 1 The Empire of Russia The Project Gutenberg eBook The Empire of Russia by John S. C. Abbott This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Empire of Russia Author John S. C. Abbott Release Date March 6 2005 eBook 15269 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE EMPIRE OF RUSSIA E-text prepared by Curtis Weyant Ronald Holder and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team http Note Corrections made in transcription are listed at the end of the file. The Monarchies of Continental Europe THE EMPIRE OF RUSSIA From the Remotest Periods to the Present Time by JOHN S. C. ABBOTT BOSTON GRAVES AND YOUNG 24 CORNHILL. 1859 Illustration PREFACE. The world is now too busy to read voluminous history. The interminable details of battles and the petty intrigues of courtiers and mistresses have lost their interest. In this volume it has been our object to trace perspicuously the path which Russia has trod from earliest infancy to the present hour. The career of this empire has been so wild and wonderful that the historian can have no occasion to call in the aid of fancy for the embellishment of his narrative. The author has not deemed it necessary to incumber his pages with notes to substantiate his statements. The renowned Russian historian Karamsin who wrote under the patronage of Alexander I. gives ample CHAPTER I. 2 authentication to all the facts which are stated up to the reign of that emperor. His voluminous history in classic beauty is unsurpassed by any of the annals of Greece or Rome. It has been admirably translated into French by Messrs. St. Thomas and Jauffret in eleven imperial quarto volumes. In the critical citations of this author the reader curious in such .

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• Expedition to Constantinople
• Flight of Vladimir
• Famine