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II. Early Records of Russia 23

III. The Norsemen (or Varingians) in Russia 29

IV. Saint Vladimir and Iaroslaf the Great 41

V. A Russian Republic 49

VI. Troublous Times 57

VII. The Yellow Peril 63

VIII. Russia Under the Mongol Yoke 71

IX. Lithuania and Moscow 79

X. Decline of the Tartar Power. Dmitri Donskoi 87

XI. Ivan III, the Great 97

XII. Russia becomes an Autocracy 106

XIII. Ivan IV, the Terrible 111

XIV. Russia Under Ivan the Terrible 122

XV. Feodor, the Last of Rurik's Descendants 129

XVI. Michael Feodorovitch (Son of Theodore) the
First Romanof 137

XVII. Early Years of Peter the Great (Peter
Alexievitch) 145

XVIII. Peter the Great and His Reign 153

XIX. Peter the Great and His Time 162

XX. The Successors of Peter the Great 173

XXI. Russia Under Catherine II (the Great) 183

XXII. Russia During the Wars of Napoleon 194

XXIII. An Eventful Period 208

XXIV. Alexander II, the Liberator 219

XXV. Great Events During Alexander's Reign
Nihilism 229

XXVI. Alexander III, the Peasants' Friend 241

XXVII. Russia Methods: The War with Japan 251

XXVIII. The Origin and Growth of The Asiatic Empire 259

XXIX. Russian Methods. The War with Japan 267

XXX. Russia Loses her Prestige 277

THE STORY OF RUSSIA.

I--THE REALM OF THE CZAR. (p. 013)

When we think of our country, we feel proud of it for other and better
reasons than its great size. We know how its extent compares with that
of other nations; we know that the Un