everncludedbetheeher</p>
nationssoonfolloethingbeohis</p>
steriousland.</p>
geographically,russiaisavastplain.theuraluntains</p>
arelonobarrieragainstihe</p>
riversarebroadbutoftenshalloerritoryfor</p>
nods.</p>
aneireerand</p>
disappearedagain,slavictribes,their</p>
hosiralasia,lesslythroughtheforests</p>
andplainsoftheregiohederanddnieper</p>
rivers.thegreekshadsotisttheseslavsandafew</p>
travellersofthethirdandfourth.</p>
otherheytleknohenevadaindians</p>
intheyear1800.</p>
unfortunatelyforthepeaitivepeoples,a</p>
verynveraderouteranthroughtheiruntry.this</p>
ainroadfroortheeuropetonstantinople.</p>
itfolloheastofthebaltitilthenevahed.</p>
thenitcrossedlakeladogaandsouthhe</p>
volkhovriver.thenthroughlakeilnandupthesll</p>
lovatriver.thentherepeuntilthednieper</p>
hedotheblacksea.</p>
thenorsenknehisroadataveryearlydate.in</p>
theniurytheybegaleinnortherussia,just</p>
asotheorsenhefoundationforindepe</p>
statesingernyandfraintheyear862,three</p>
norsen,brothers,all</p>
dynasties.ofthethreebrothers,onlyone,rurik,livedfora</p>
nuerofyears.hetookpossessionoftheterritoryofhis</p>
brothers,andtyyearsafterthearrivalofthisfirst</p>
norsen,aslavicstatehadbeeablishedhkievasits</p>
capital.</p>
froievtotheblackseaisashortdistance.soonthe</p>
existeneknownin</p>
nstantihisantanehezealous</p>
ssiohechristianfaith.byzantinenksfollohe</p>
dheirhheheartof</p>
russia.theyfoundthepeegods</p>
ountain</p>
caves.theytaughtthehestoryofjesus.therewas</p>
ionfrohesideofronssiohese</p>
goodnoobusyedugtheheatheonsto</p>
botheraboutthedistantslavs.hencerussiareceiveditsreligion</p>
anditsalphabetanditsfirstideasofartandarture</p>
frohebyzantinenksandasthebyzantineeirea</p>
reliftheeasteroneirehadbeeveryoriental</p>
andhadlostnyofitseuropeantraits,therussianssuffered</p>
innsequence.</p>
politicallyspeakingthesehegreatrussian</p>
plainsdidnotfarehenorsehabittodivide</p>
everyianceequallyangallthesons.nosoonerhad</p>
asllstatebeenfouito</p>
oineheirsulefttheirterritorytoaneverincreasing</p>
nuerofdesdants.itall</p>
petingstatesshouldquarrelangtheelves.anarchy</p>
heorderoftheday.andheredgloheeaste</p>
horizontoldthepeopleofthethreatenedinvasionofasavage</p>
asiatictribe,thelittlestatesoooodivide</p>
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