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PREFACE.

THE STORY OF RUSSIA.

I—THE REALM OF THE CZAR.

II—EARLY RECORDS OF RUSSIA.

III—THE NORSEMEN (OR VARINGIANS) IN RUSSIA.

IV—SAINT VLADIMIR AND IAROSLAF THE GREAT.

V—A RUSSIAN REPUBLIC.

VI—TROUBLOUS TIMES.

VII—THE YELLOW PERIL.

VIII—RUSSIA UNDER THE MONGOL YOKE.

IX—LITHUANIA AND MOSCOW.

X—DECLINE OF THE TARTAR POWER.

XI—IVAN III, THE GREAT.

XII—RUSSIA BECOMES AN AUTOCRACY.

XIII—IVAN IV, THE TERRIBLE.

XIV—RUSSIA UNDER IVAN THE TERRIBLE.

XV—FEODOR, THE LAST OF RURIK'S DESCENDANTS.

XVI—MICHAEL FEODOROVITCH OR MICHAEL, THE SON OF THEODORE, THE FIRST ROMANOF.

XVII—EARLY YEARS OF PETER THE GREAT (PETER ALEXIEVITCH) .

XVIII—PETER THE GREAT AND HIS REIGN.

XIX—PETER THE GREAT AND HIS TIME.

XX—THE SUCCESSORS OF PETER THE GREAT.

XXI—RUSSIA UNDER CATHERINE II (THE GREAT) .

XXII—RUSSIA DURING THE WARS OF NAPOLEON.

XXIII—AN EVENTFUL PERIOD.

XXIV—ALEXANDER II, THE LIBERATOR.

XXV—GREAT EVENTS DURING ALEXANDER'S REIGN.

XXVI—ALEXANDER III, THE PEASANTS' FRIEND.

XXVII—RUSSIA UNDER THE PRESENT CZAR.

XXVIII—THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE ASIATIC EMPIRE.

XXIX—RUSSIAN METHODS. THE WAR WITH JAPAN.

XXX—RUSSIA LOSES HER PRESTIGE.

INDEX.