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    geographically,russiaisavastplain.theuraluntains

    arelonobarrieragainstihe

    riversarebroadbutoftenshalloerritoryfor

    nods.

    aneireerand

    disappearedagain,slavictribes,their

    hosiralasia,lesslythroughtheforests

    andplainsoftheregiohederanddnieper

    rivers.thegreekshadsotisttheseslavsandafew

    travellersofthethirdandfourth.

    otherheytleknohenevadaindians

    intheyear1800.

    unfortunatelyforthepeaitivepeoples,a

    verynveraderouteranthroughtheiruntry.this

    ainroadfroortheeuropetonstantinople.

    itfolloheastofthebaltitilthenevahed.

    thenitcrossedlakeladogaandsouthhe

    volkhovriver.thenthroughlakeilnandupthesll

    lovatriver.thentherepeuntilthednieper

    hedotheblacksea.

    thenorsenknehisroadataveryearlydate.in

    theniurytheybegaleinnortherussia,just

    asotheorsenhefoundationforindepe

    statesingernyandfraintheyear862,three

    norsen,brothers,all

    dynasties.ofthethreebrothers,onlyone,rurik,livedfora

    nuerofyears.hetookpossessionoftheterritoryofhis

    brothers,andtyyearsafterthearrivalofthisfirst

    norsen,aslavicstatehadbeeablishedhkievasits

    capital.

    froievtotheblackseaisashortdistance.soonthe

    existeneknownin

    nstantihisantanehezealous

    ssiohechristianfaith.byzantinenksfollohe

    dheirhheheartof

    russia.theyfoundthepeegods

    ountain

    caves.theytaughtthehestoryofjesus.therewas

    ionfrohesideofronssiohese

    goodnoobusyedugtheheatheonsto

    botheraboutthedistantslavs.hencerussiareceiveditsreligion

    anditsalphabetanditsfirstideasofartandarture

    frohebyzantinenksandasthebyzantineeirea

    reliftheeasteroneirehadbeeveryoriental

    andhadlostnyofitseuropeantraits,therussianssuffered

    innsequence.

    politicallyspeakingthesehegreatrussian

    plainsdidnotfarehenorsehabittodivide

    everyianceequallyangallthesons.nosoonerhad

    asllstatebeenfouito

    oineheirsulefttheirterritorytoaneverincreasing

    nuerofdesdants.itall

    petingstatesshouldquarrelangtheelves.anarchy

    heorderoftheday.andheredgloheeaste

    horizontoldthepeopleofthethreatenedinvasionofasavage

    asiatictribe,thelittlestatesoooodivide

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