. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 0 WeUs. Farmsteads. 2 Milea. '.. Kurgans. and Tatar tribes afterwards occupied a large portion of Kiyovia (Kiev), all doubt- less since assimilated to the surrounding Slav elements. The Malo-Russians of the Dnieper, now mostly peaceful agriculturists, were formerly exposed to constant wars and invasions. After the seizure of the Crimea by the Tatars in 1475, the Dnieper valley became the hunting ground of these nomads, whose female captures found a ready market in the Constantinople harems

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