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A Short History of Russia

by Mary Platt Parmele

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Chapter I

Natural Conditions
Greek Colonies on the Black Sea
The Scythians
Ancient Traces of Slavonic Race

Chapter II

Hunnish Invasion
Distribution of Races
Slavonic Religion
Primitive Political Conceptions

Chapter III

The Scandinavian in Russia
Rurik
Oleg
Igor
Olga’s Vengeance
Olga a Christian
Sviatoslaf
Russia the Champion of the Greek Empire in Bulgaria
Norse Dominance in Heroic Period

Chapter IV

System of Appanages
Vladimir the Sinner Becomes Vladimir the Saint
Russia Forcibly Christianized
Causes Underlying Antagonism Between Greek and Latin Church
Russia Joined to the Greek Currents and Separated from the Latin

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