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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... less territory than they now do . Between them and the Tatars there was an immense tract of waste land called the Ukraine , which in Russian means the march , or border land . Upon this a fugitive population of all sorts settled ...
... less territory than they now do . Between them and the Tatars there was an immense tract of waste land called the Ukraine , which in Russian means the march , or border land . Upon this a fugitive population of all sorts settled ...
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... less surrounded by a cloud of black dust , arising from the dried up tchorno - zèm , which is of so subtile a nature as to rise up through the sod in rich grass countries under the stamp of the horses ' feet , and forms so dense a cloud ...
... less surrounded by a cloud of black dust , arising from the dried up tchorno - zèm , which is of so subtile a nature as to rise up through the sod in rich grass countries under the stamp of the horses ' feet , and forms so dense a cloud ...
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... less fertile , until , wearing a more and more barren aspect , they gradually get blended with the sandy deserts of Tatary . On the eastern shore of the Sea of Azof , in the countries of the Don and Tcherno- morsky Cossacks , there is ...
... less fertile , until , wearing a more and more barren aspect , they gradually get blended with the sandy deserts of Tatary . On the eastern shore of the Sea of Azof , in the countries of the Don and Tcherno- morsky Cossacks , there is ...
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... less wholesome and nourishing : in short , by a singular contrast in this country , which is generally condemned for its droughts , the proprietors of the Steppes often prefer a dry season to one too rainy . The vegeta- tion of the ...
... less wholesome and nourishing : in short , by a singular contrast in this country , which is generally condemned for its droughts , the proprietors of the Steppes often prefer a dry season to one too rainy . The vegeta- tion of the ...
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... less thick . The alluvial Steppes are of extraordinary fertility wherever the soil is not covered with marshes . The granitic Steppes are mostly covered with a thick short grass , while the chalky and calcareous Steppes pro- duce ...
... less thick . The alluvial Steppes are of extraordinary fertility wherever the soil is not covered with marshes . The granitic Steppes are mostly covered with a thick short grass , while the chalky and calcareous Steppes pro- duce ...
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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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