Author: Alan Lethbridge

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-26

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 9781330213544

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Excerpt from The New Russia: From the White Sea to the Siberian Steppe The journey depicted within the covers of this volume owes its genesis to a chance perusal of Mr. C. V. Hogarth's remarkable translation of Professor Kluchevsky's monumental History of Russia. To anyone who would wish to understand the Russia of to-day, that Russia which is astonishing and, if I mistake not, will continue to astonish the British public with its virility, its wealth of resource and the purity of its national ambitions, the above-mentioned work is one of the greatest fascination. For not only does it cover an immensity of historical ground, but certainly, in its translation, it is penned in such a manner as to whet the appetite for a first-hand experience of that wonderful North which is so bound up with the creation of the modern Russian Empire. At least that was the effect which it had upon me. For long had I tried to understand the country: during many visits thither and to Siberia I had been struck with the wonderful commercial opportunities which my countrymen had apparently hitherto refused to consider very seriously. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The New Russia written by Alan Lethbridge and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The New Russia: From the White Sea to the Siberian Steppe The journey depicted within the covers of this volume owes its genesis to a chance perusal of Mr. C. V. Hogarth's remarkable translation of Professor Kluchevsky's monumental History of Russia. To anyone who would wish to understand the Russia of to-day, that Russia which is astonishing and, if I mistake not, will continue to astonish the British public with its virility, its wealth of resource and the purity of its national ambitions, the above-mentioned work is one of the greatest fascination. For not only does it cover an immensity of historical ground, but certainly, in its translation, it is penned in such a manner as to whet the appetite for a first-hand experience of that wonderful North which is so bound up with the creation of the modern Russian Empire. At least that was the effect which it had upon me. For long had I tried to understand the country: during many visits thither and to Siberia I had been struck with the wonderful commercial opportunities which my countrymen had apparently hitherto refused to consider very seriously. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.