Russia on the Black Sea and Sea of Azof: Being a Narrative of Travels in the Crimea and Bordering Provinces; with Notices of the Naval, Military, and Commercial Resources of Those Countries |
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... appears for the first time in Theophanes , page 316. He says , " Justinian remembering the plot against him of the Chersonites , the Bosphorians , and the inhabitants of the other Klimata . " Some authors supposed it to refer , to the ...
... appears for the first time in Theophanes , page 316. He says , " Justinian remembering the plot against him of the Chersonites , the Bosphorians , and the inhabitants of the other Klimata . " Some authors supposed it to refer , to the ...
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... appears to have been bounded by the Danube on the south - west . To the north the whole of the Boug ran through Scythia ; and beyond the Don , to the east , the Scythian population ended , and the Sauromatæ occupied the Steppes between ...
... appears to have been bounded by the Danube on the south - west . To the north the whole of the Boug ran through Scythia ; and beyond the Don , to the east , the Scythian population ended , and the Sauromatæ occupied the Steppes between ...
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... appears in 54 ° of north latitude in that tract , then advances in its course eastward to 57 ° , and occupies the left bank of the Volga west of Tcheboksar , between Nijny Novgorod and Kazan . and Kazan . In approaching the Ural chain ...
... appears in 54 ° of north latitude in that tract , then advances in its course eastward to 57 ° , and occupies the left bank of the Volga west of Tcheboksar , between Nijny Novgorod and Kazan . and Kazan . In approaching the Ural chain ...
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... appear during the whole route ( i . e . from Kasankaia to Tcherkask ) : I wish the reader only to keep in mind the curious fact of their being everywhere in view . " - Clarke's Travels , part i . p . 254 . mound a watch - tower was ...
... appear during the whole route ( i . e . from Kasankaia to Tcherkask ) : I wish the reader only to keep in mind the curious fact of their being everywhere in view . " - Clarke's Travels , part i . p . 254 . mound a watch - tower was ...
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... appear- ances which meet the eye seem to make this statement probable . It is related by one historian that in the tenth century the wall was razed to the ground , and a thick wood planted from sea to sea , through which ran two roads ...
... appear- ances which meet the eye seem to make this statement probable . It is related by one historian that in the tenth century the wall was razed to the ground , and a thick wood planted from sea to sea , through which ran two roads ...
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Alouchta ancient artillery Asia Baktchéserai Balaclava banks battalions beautiful Berdiansk Bessarabia Black Sea Bosphorus built called Cape Caucasus cavalry century Chersonese church Circassians colonies commercial Constantinople corps Cossacks Crimea crypts Danube Ditto Dniepr Dniestr Dubois east Emperor empire English entrance Europe exports feet fleet fortress Galatz Genoese Geray Greek ground Haxthausen horse important infantry inhabitants Inkerman Kaffa Karaim Kertch Khan khans of Crimea Kherson land Mangoup miles military Mithridates mountains mouth nations Nicolaief occupied Odessa palace Panticapæum pass peninsula Perecop Petersburg population port Prince principal regiments remains river road rock Rostof ruins Russian army Scythian Sea of Azof Sevastopol ships shores side Soldaya soldiers sotni Soudak southern coast Steppes straits Taganrok Tatars Tauric chain Theodosia tion tomb town trade traveller troops tumuli Turkish Turks valley versts vessels village Vladimir Volga wall wheat whole wine Woronzof
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