, 1877-05-11
RUSSIA,
n@iEP OUTLINE or nUssfAfs HISTORY AND
GROWTH FRox THn BARLIEsT TiMR5.

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anowTn rnox o Tnn ngss,n ssnttx11 n1sIos1 g,s AND
rsmst.,r..a NJ 1s,.ss. .na.asaf flAk''
Tho earliest sanals Of na.si. onl, furnish oeea.
sa4s, s,ons smp.es Of ssyth.n md Other bat1srous
nfrth e.n..,s- .,'. ~ tne maa'e Of tho
n.ad ., Aooa. at limo Baltic freebooter
In to old .hc peoplc Of No1eo,oa puIsuea r Iea tea
.e: esa aseat v.a es a ss's aud ' h
ala1n a. D. 683, by o!e9. who treschesnaay seized
Kley, and rnadc 1t the acas Of Government abont
soa; M ~ fitted out ,lest Of = 600 canoes, embarked
,1r.n,r ",n' j., ouu sa''eo from INC mouth Of tho
nrnrant.a mnspes T. aen coa'tantnoplc. but wa'
OIL. under isur, ron Of nuttk. va. dcfcn,ri In
ONO, ucs era commenccd hv tn, .ccs*,,n, ~ ~
ylatimeer, known ia history By tho Sn nsno Of 81
Vladlnnecr tho Great. 1Ic married Anna. sister Of
tho Greek Emperor, nAsll H., and In osa an.
i"ma. :. .,1nt. T. Example Was quickly fol.
1owea o5 almoss al hls subjects lIe IL tue nr.t
Naaz, Or .nd Duke Il bs est n 1oi ny''i' he
dotnnlone, and cammsnce. serIrs 'fns Of fnssInni nj
diatsact tho county foF aout two csnti,riss. Tso
~: srpsasanes " nnantn1asJ ~aa produced bya
III 7.nrAns,
soan.r's; .na ovei'sfoSn n1sny ayns.ties of 1sI.,
toulhtaat frontiera Of Rnasla, to tic nnmber Of
n.y. Mo: w, ana shortiy aftsr. On tho Itirer Kalka.
IT, ssn sss
of Too.hi prevented . tho Inrtats from completing
Their conquest W l;ld when the1 returned, hrad.
eonnsFy With nIo and swor and brought It entirely
Mndsr their yokc; fof two eenturfcs and half tho
na,tx o's.n %f Ksrsas whH:o kh.ns now 1ed ther
and, though allowing ths The native Prinscess
Tho most hunlilattue treatment. On tbs at snnsSi
visit Of tho Khan's representative to reecivs
:tsate ; thv Ng..,n ~ .ale.. wcrs Required to lead
troas period lhe only part Of the country which r.
earlier period become IL Independent rcruSlic.
bad acquired groat commercial importance. Joined
ss fase ~ lssae a1a 70 e
claimed by rival conlue.tora, tbe Russianu wrro
ons of ill., coMpetItos*. wa eneounse1va @ snd H sx
nal'y defeated bY nsmetrlas ~. The TaFtsr
Ss ys.a11 I'd I'd
obliged 70 sue for peace, Al length tho TsrAr4 of
Eapenak u,st she celebrated 'rin,oF. who. a two
another in 1895, Indicted W them blows from
which thy nsyss rseeye1sd. Tie Hu.san. wefe
to s .tsfs s s' q hsn sn
ILL.,. who begun 70 rails in ll0a. thctr vaasalago
was % aud Ia LIMO tho Golden Horde it4cf ceased
to exist: -. ~, ,,...,,
Tho reign Of Ivan commences . nav epoch in
1tusstan history. 10 not only subdued lilo Tar
tara. hut defeated thu Poles nnd Llthuauians, 70.
gorol. iii na,ae and deods hccsme wuIi Known
In the West, and ambassadors from the EutopcaH
F0wcts were scpn for thu frat timc In bis capItal
1t Moscow. In internal administration hG
proved ht.nasl! =, rclont!eAs despot, but tho
vaktnsss sud splendos of h!s aehlcsemcnt4 rntttIo
bin, 70 tc tegafds4 A. the founder Of tho ltassan
Empire. Hc died tn 1859, hls son anu Successor,
1sEn ~. who was then only years old. assumed
the ts!na 10 1h4a aud substituted tbs t1to Ut CzaE
for that VI Feltkl krtaE. lie II known In hsturY
~ tho susnamo Of thu Terrible, and yes by hi
enefGsttc measures. both as houis and ahroa1., ho
Fuisea tho conntEy 70 an uRr1rmpled height of
lilo died Ia 1851. having aided Bibers
!o ;l!s Empire. op tho death Of his soa Feodsr,
In 15Oa, the male linn OF the freebooter ltusik,
whoso dynasty had furnished dttY' 4tx aoveEeigns,
and snduFrd sesca Centuries, bccamc extinct. For
nany years The country was ruled by the ty1uut
llosi1, and Afterwards becana tAs ptcJ Of anatchy
TIL lUlJ, when the national spttt took Dire, md
Michael lsomauof tItonanowJ, : descendant Ia
tho female ]inu from tho house OF Rurik, was,
after setess stsugxlt placed on The throne. From
him tho present tang dynasty II directly descend
Cd. Al hts deatl. In lB45, he Was succeeded by