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His wife was daughter of Vsevolode, prince of Kief : Ihe was burnt in a church at
Vladimir by the Tartars. His sons: Vladimir, Vsevolode, and Mstiflaf, were all killed
by the Tartars. He had a daughter, named Pheodora. %6. Vel. kn. Yaroslaf ...
His wife was daughter of Vsevolode, prince of Kief : Ihe was burnt in a church at
Vladimir by the Tartars. His sons: Vladimir, Vsevolode, and Mstiflaf, were all killed
by the Tartars. He had a daughter, named Pheodora. %6. Vel. kn. Yaroslaf ...
Page 16
I Rosa, and their capital was called Tortschesk, having another chief town
BtlaiaTzerkof, i. e. White-church. The likeness between the names has mifled
some to take them for Turks. In hungarian Torok means a devourer, greedy.
Ugres.
I Rosa, and their capital was called Tortschesk, having another chief town
BtlaiaTzerkof, i. e. White-church. The likeness between the names has mifled
some to take them for Turks. In hungarian Torok means a devourer, greedy.
Ugres.
Page 93
Now the simple state of the case is this : it is a custom prevalent over, almost all
Russia for the young people of both sexes to assemble on the night of the 24th of
June, when the church celebrates the festival of St. John the Baptist, to make ...
Now the simple state of the case is this : it is a custom prevalent over, almost all
Russia for the young people of both sexes to assemble on the night of the 24th of
June, when the church celebrates the festival of St. John the Baptist, to make ...
Page 112
Women have new gowns made for them on the occasion. of the present
Russians had adopted christianity, they borrowed all their church ceremonies
from the Greeks, among which was also the kolivo, and consequently they could
not retain ...
Women have new gowns made for them on the occasion. of the present
Russians had adopted christianity, they borrowed all their church ceremonies
from the Greeks, among which was also the kolivo, and consequently they could
not retain ...
Page 120
But now none except aged priests are admitted ; for though young people are
entered' of the order, they are only such as have been designed for the church
frohi their youth, and have gone through the needful studies. Hereupon they
become ...
But now none except aged priests are admitted ; for though young people are
entered' of the order, they are only such as have been designed for the church
frohi their youth, and have gone through the needful studies. Hereupon they
become ...
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| Title | History of Russia: From the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rurik, to the Accession of Catharine the Second, Volume 1 Volume 1 of History of Russia, William Tooke History of Russia: From the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rurik, to the Accession of Catharine the Second, William Tooke |
| Author | William Tooke |
| Publisher | T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jun 30, 2008 |
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