. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 304 EUSSIA IN EUEOPE. enemies from all quarters. It was destroyed four times—in 1171 by Andrew, Prince of Susdalia ; in 1240 by the Mongolian Batu-Khan ; in 1416 by the Tatars; and in 1584 by the Crim Tatars, after which its very site was said to have remained deserted for ten years. But it rose from its ruins, and although ceasing to be the centre of the Slav confederacies, and often cut off from direct communication with the sea, it retained a foremost rank amongst Slav cities, and is even still the fifth in population of the empire. Kiev occupi
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 304 EUSSIA IN EUEOPE. enemies from all quarters. It was destroyed four times—in 1171 by Andrew, Prince of Susdalia ; in 1240 by the Mongolian Batu-Khan ; in 1416 by the Tatars; and in 1584 by the Crim Tatars, after which its very site was said to have remained deserted for ten years. But it rose from its ruins, and although ceasing to be the centre of the Slav confederacies, and often cut off from direct communication with the sea, it retained a foremost rank amongst Slav cities, and is even still the fifth in population of the empire. Kiev occupies an area of about 20 square miles on the terrace and slopes of the hills, rising 350 to 450 feet above the right bank of the river, along which the Fig 156.—A Kiev Pilgrim. ^ J- -,. houses stretch for a distance of 6 miles in sufficiently compact masses to give the place coherency. Nevertheless there are extensive tracts still unoccupied, except perhaps by a few mud hovels, or crossed by avenues as broad as squares. Hence, with- out spreading outwards, the present population might be doubled or trebled by cover- ing the waste grounds. Each of its several quarters presents special features, as, for instance, Podol, near the river, the centre of trade and industries, south of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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