Free Russia, Volume 2Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1872 - Soviet Union |
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Page 64
... duke who became her foremost saint . Kief is a city of legends and events ; the preach- ing of St. Andrew , the piety of St. Olga , the con- version of St. Vladimir ; the Mongolian assault , the Polish conquest , the recovery by Peter ...
... duke who became her foremost saint . Kief is a city of legends and events ; the preach- ing of St. Andrew , the piety of St. Olga , the con- version of St. Vladimir ; the Mongolian assault , the Polish conquest , the recovery by Peter ...
Page 65
... duke was killed ; this mound is the tomb of a Tartar horde ; that field is the site of a battle with the Poles . The men are brighter and livelier , the houses are better built , and the fields are better trimmed , than in the North and ...
... duke was killed ; this mound is the tomb of a Tartar horde ; that field is the site of a battle with the Poles . The men are brighter and livelier , the houses are better built , and the fields are better trimmed , than in the North and ...
Page 92
... wall round the city proper . What we need is the old war - cry of St. George , the patron of our early dukes , our free cities , and our missionary church . " CHAPTER XII . St. George . ST . GEORGE is 92 FREE RUSSIA . St George.
... wall round the city proper . What we need is the old war - cry of St. George , the patron of our early dukes , our free cities , and our missionary church . " CHAPTER XII . St. George . ST . GEORGE is 92 FREE RUSSIA . St George.
Page 93
... dukes , their grand dukes , and their Tsars . His badge occurs on a thousand crosses , amulets , and charms ; dividing the affections of a pious and superstitious race with images of the Holy Trinity and the Mother of God ST . GEORGE . 93.
... dukes , their grand dukes , and their Tsars . His badge occurs on a thousand crosses , amulets , and charms ; dividing the affections of a pious and superstitious race with images of the Holy Trinity and the Mother of God ST . GEORGE . 93.
Page 109
... and Tver . The native dukes and boyars of these provinces held from the Crim Tartar , known to our poets as the Great Cham . They swore allegiance to him ; they paid him annual tribute ; they flattered him by adopting his SERFAGE . 109.
... and Tver . The native dukes and boyars of these provinces held from the Crim Tartar , known to our poets as the Great Cham . They swore allegiance to him ; they paid him annual tribute ; they flattered him by adopting his SERFAGE . 109.
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