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Book Condition: Used Very Good
Jacket condition: No d/j as Published
ISBN: 1594544875 / 9781594544873
Seller: Fireside Bookshop

United Kingdom
About Item: New York: Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2005. Cloth/Laminated Boards. Very Good/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Type: Book The mighty Russian Empire was not built in a day - from a small beginning and by a number of different processes it has grown to its present dimensions. For centuries it grew by immigration and colonisation, and it is only since the sixteenth century that expansion came by means of conquest. In the course of the ten and a half centuries of her existence, Russia's political centre has shifted three times: from Kiev to Vladimir, from Vladimir to Moscow, and from Moscow to St Petersburg. Each of these four names represents distinct phases of development and periods with very definite characteristics. This development has not been one of continuous growth: it was interrupted by a great calamity, the Mongol invasion, which darkened the thirteenth century, and from which it has taken centuries to recover. Again, the Russian nation is not a… Read More
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