Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 46W. Blackwood., 1839 - England |
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Page 345
... Dniepr , as well as the latitude and soundings of the coast near their embouchures , have never been accurately surveyed : the only tolerable charts are preserved by the Russian government , but sedulous- ly secreted from the eyes of ...
... Dniepr , as well as the latitude and soundings of the coast near their embouchures , have never been accurately surveyed : the only tolerable charts are preserved by the Russian government , but sedulous- ly secreted from the eyes of ...
Page 346
... Dniepr and Ukraine , whose name stood conspicu- ous in the past annals of those regions , ere the Don- Cossacks were heard of beyond their native steppes . A sketch of the past history and present position of these military communities ...
... Dniepr and Ukraine , whose name stood conspicu- ous in the past annals of those regions , ere the Don- Cossacks were heard of beyond their native steppes . A sketch of the past history and present position of these military communities ...
Page 347
... Dniepr , Don , and Volga , and spread over the vast desert plains , which , extending from the frontiers of Podolia to the Caspian , formed a sort of " debatable land , " dividing Russia and Poland from the Tartar territories . Their ...
... Dniepr , Don , and Volga , and spread over the vast desert plains , which , extending from the frontiers of Podolia to the Caspian , formed a sort of " debatable land , " dividing Russia and Poland from the Tartar territories . Their ...
Page 349
... Dniepr had become equal- ly renowned for their enterprises , both by sea and land , against more redoubt- able antagonists . The fertile plains watered by the Bog and Dniepr , af- forded abundant pasturage to their cattle , and the ...
... Dniepr had become equal- ly renowned for their enterprises , both by sea and land , against more redoubt- able antagonists . The fertile plains watered by the Bog and Dniepr , af- forded abundant pasturage to their cattle , and the ...
Page 350
... Dniepr , in defiance of the Turkish for- tresses of Oczakow and Kil - burnu , which guarded on each side the em- bouchure of the Liman ; and , treading in the steps of Igor and Yaroslaf , " spread pillage and devastation on the coasts ...
... Dniepr , in defiance of the Turkish for- tresses of Oczakow and Kil - burnu , which guarded on each side the em- bouchure of the Liman ; and , treading in the steps of Igor and Yaroslaf , " spread pillage and devastation on the coasts ...
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