[PDF] Free Russia Classic Reprint eBook

Author : William Hepworth Dixon
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Page : 368 pages
File Size : 22,76 MB
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781332587612

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Excerpt from Free Russia Svobodnaya Rossia - Free Russia-is a word on every lip in that great country; at once the Name and Hope of the new empire born of the Crimean war. In past times Russia was free, even as Germany and France were free. She fell before Asiatic hordes; and the Tartar system lasted, in spirit, if not in form, until the war; but since that conflict ended, the old Russia has been born again. This new country - hoping to be pacific, meaning to be Free - is what I have tried to paint. My journeys, just completed, carried me from the Polar Sea to the Ural Mountains, from the mouth of the Vistula to the Straits of Yeni Kale, including visits to the four holy shrines of Solovetsk, Pechersk, St. George, and Troitsa. My object being to paint the Living People, I have much to say about pilgrims, monks, and parish priests; about village justice, and patriarchal life; about beggars, tramps, and sectaries; about Kozaks, Kalmuks, and Kirghiz; about workmen's artels, burgher rights, and the division of land; about students' revolts and soldiers' grievances; in short, about the Human Forces which underlie and shape the external politics of our time. Two journeys made in previous years have helped me to judge the reforms which are opening out the Japan-like empire of Nicolas into the Free Russia of the reigning prince. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : William Hepworth Dixon
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 35,49 MB
Release : 2018-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780364974483

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Excerpt from Free Russia, Vol. 2 of 2 My line from the Arctic Sea to the southern slopes of the Ural range; from the straits of Yeni Kale to the Gulf of Riga; runs over land and lake, forest and fen, hill and steppe. My means of travel are those of the country; drojki. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Society of Friends of Russian Freedom
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 19,20 MB
Release : 2017-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780265723708

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Excerpt from Free Russia, Vol. 3: The Organ of the English "Society of Friends of Russian Freedom"; November 1st, 1892 Of the many plans for raising funds the expedient of issuing paper money has found most favour with the present government; six issues have been ordered since last year. This is undoubtedly an easy way, but a dangerous one too, which cannot be resorted to ia definitely. With the 200, ooo, ooo roubles interest on foreign loans to be paid in gold, the depreciation of paper money falls heavily upon the exchequer of the state, as it does upon the general industry of the country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : William Hepworth Dixon
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 18,81 MB
Release : 2017-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780259528227

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Excerpt from Free Russia, Vol. 1 of 2 Two journeys made in previous years have helped me to judge the ing out the J apan-like of Nicolas into the Free Russia of the prince. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Nicholas Nekrassov
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 22,7 MB
Release : 2017-11-18
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ISBN : 9780331316087

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Excerpt from Who Can Be Happy, and Free in Russia? There are few literate persons in Russia who do not know whole pages Of this poem by heart. It will live as long as Russian literature exists; and its artistic value as an instrument for the depiction Of Russian nature and the soul Of the Russian people can be compared only with that Of the great epics Of Homer with regard to the legendary life Of ancient Greece. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Oliver Martin Sayler
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 28,75 MB
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781333815783

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Excerpt from Russia, White or Red WO motives led me to Russia in the fall of 1917: T the desire to study at first hand the most im portant theatre of our time before the pressure of revolution should bear too harshly upon it; and the impulse to be in the most uncertain and interest ing and eventful place in the world, The results of the former motive I shall record at length in another volume, The Russian Theatre under the Revolu tion. The outcome of the latter impulse I have presented in the following pages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.