The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-21
- OF THE CARS.
~ Russians Joined the
Greek Church.
os or THE TARTAHs'
IS, =. Greet Polish Kingdom ana
uaahaeion Of Slsvonic ststss
u.6er the Great Ivan.

ussdstion Of slsvonic ststss
un6er the Great Ivan.
II.
vrcn eLoRY TO DARKNEss.
..,.1r4 SON Of igor and Olga, was the
- Of the Ruric dynasty with .
zss narae, Az mentioned in my
.sii.Ia. Be refused to become Christ
~ rnmained . pagan all his eventful
4 s,lehrated warrior Sviatoslaff GER
~ almost as celebrated - the
~ himself. and he began his mill
ss1r s. making war upon the Petch-
mysterious people, probably Of
- miein, who appeared about that
!. southern Russia After having
~ the Petchenegs, 6viatoslaff
kxd against the Bulgarians,
4 q ut time on the banks of the
h Dictated them, but on his re-
~ petchenegs rose in revolt and
SSIo9 Us slain near the cataracts of
4 Iopoe.
lusIa1F Wns succeeded by two remark
= .,l.eoe Who made the name of Russia
3. & hat time all over Europe. His
syIadImir was, however, in the begin
- - reign . monster and tyrsnt.
taid his swn brother Yarspolk and
500 lands; he waged war on all Of his
2I1n md was everywhere successful,
- 10y to his dominions. But. &C.
11S : the Russian historians, his
11lrelitical act was the acceptance of
nth. It made Russia the sue
z Uranium, and the Russian czars
- Z the Eastern Roman emperors,
- a act of . very import
fni6cance, and Vladimir accom-
a 4 sftAr mature deliberation. He
kuboDsadors to different countries to
An reports of the different religions.
~ he Jewish and Musselman. The
faith seemed to him the most salts
-, and recording TO that rite he was
~ in Constantinople in 96S, at the
ilns receiving also the hand of Anne.
ptine princess. After his return to
4 Vladimir issued an extraordinary
dat on . certain day all the inhabi-
vsrs obliged to appear on
INKS Of the river and re-
khptism. The inhabitants obeyed,
lusuis became thus . Christian
-. thought of course 1t took many
- convert the inhabitants of the dis
init to the new faith. Thus, while
4 became Roman Catholic. Russia
"a The Greek faith. and this differ
S1flsligiOn is one Of the causes Of ha-
Lasting till today between the two
nations.
hson Of Vladimir, Yaroslaf. though
(necessful a. . warrior. is more known
Slkst legislator Of the country. and
LIN to be remembered lies IN his
|Ication Of Rasskaid P,uudu, the earliest
Hneode. He died in 1854. and with
Dds the earliest heroic period OF the
Il history. Frem his death till 1888
= presented a chaos, divided into
y pfincipalities, fighting each other,
~ b agree. This period is known as
1910 sicschepaya systemic, or the period
- appanages, and in all this period
i ~ only two princes of talent:
dimh Nonomach and Andrew Bogo-
bski The others were unimportant
nn1sss, and it would take too long to
nwste them. vladimir Monomach.
ruled from 1113 to l125,
~ his name from his maternal
61hther, the Eastern Roman
"a Constantine Monomachus. His
: Vas . very prosperous one. He
"a many cities, among them vladi-
n the Kliaxma, and he left q curious
- called pouchcnie, or instruction, "
VI for his sons, in which the reader
ct q picture of the life in
y in the twelfth century. Under his
teorge Dolyruki, Kieff ceased to be
IA Is the capital; the principally Of
y became the most important, and its
~ Oladimir, the most prominent
thus We see that IN . short time
sqital Of Russia shifted three times:
D was Novgorod, under Rurik; then
'nms Kirff. and afterwards vladimir.
~ times Moscow became the seat of
government; it became also the
IN Of the future great empire, and
md all the surrounding smaller
Qualities.
1nsw Bogolionbski was man of iron
Ind be anticipated the policy of the
nuars of Moscow; that is. he tried to
~ many divisions of Russia. He
II also to divide his dominions among
tnily. as 1t was then use in Eastern
~. We will touch now terrible per-
b Russian history, the invasion and
nion of the Tartars or Mongols.
nod which lasted from 1928 to
This yoke of the Mongols is the prin-
1uuss Why Russia was for such . long
dmost terra incognita to Western
- and its development retarded for
: long time. The influence of the
NH even now felt in Russia, for it
I'd TO . certain degree the character
Aeople.
lsstars appeared FIRST in Russia in
- after defeating the Russians on
saks of the Kalka, they retreated
They reappeared, however.
BATH in 1888, and overran the whole
The Russians were defeated in
3 battles, and the cities were cap
nRned or RACED to the ground.
nstsricl Kieff could not escape.
the grandson of Jenghiz Khan,
and gave it up to pillage, even the
% the dead not being respected.
wing subdued Russia. Batu turned
and founded on the Volga the
6arai, which afterward be-
~ capital of the mighty
% state. the so-called Golden
IN Tartars. however, allowed the
% be ruled by their own princes,
Rinces were vassals of the khans,
- exposed to many indigniues.
w instance, when Yaroslaff,
q Suzdal, began to re-
NE ruined cities in his
10 vas at once summoned TO
40 homage to Batu, and then was
oesake himself to the end of
ANA to the banks of the Amoor.
situated the court of the great
n m uue was confirmed, but he died
home. When the Prince of
and afterxards of Moscow