Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . d partly in Asia. The whole of the northern part of Asia belongsto Russia. This is thinly scattered over with a great number of differ-ent tribes, who chiefly wander about from place to place in search offood for their cattle. 2. Siberia is a name given to nearly all the northern part of is a bleak, cold region, and almost makes one shiver to think of people are poor, and dress in the skins of wild animals, and forthe most part live in poor huts. It is to this country of Avinter and 7. What was the dress of Frederi
Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . d partly in Asia. The whole of the northern part of Asia belongsto Russia. This is thinly scattered over with a great number of differ-ent tribes, who chiefly wander about from place to place in search offood for their cattle. 2. Siberia is a name given to nearly all the northern part of is a bleak, cold region, and almost makes one shiver to think of people are poor, and dress in the skins of wild animals, and forthe most part live in poor huts. It is to this country of Avinter and 7. What was the dress of Frederic the Great? 8. What of him when he had grownold? 9. When did he die? 10. What two kings succeeded him? What of FredericWilliam III. ? 11. What took place at the hattle of Jena? What of the Prussian What took place after the battle of Waterloo ? What else can you say of this kingCh. CXXIX.—1. What of the Russian empire ? What of northern Asia ? Tribes ? RUSSIA 213 poverty, that the Russian emperor banishes those of his subjectswhom he does not 3. I will now tell you of that part of Russia which lies in is a vast territory, about equal iu extent to all the United States,and embraces more land than all the other kingdoms of Europe. Thepopulation is not less than sixty millions. 4. You will see by this, that the emperor of Russia is a verypowerful king. He reigns over his subjects pretty much as hepleases, there being no law superior to his will. He is not only adespot in his own country, but he is a terror to all Europe. 5. He has a great many palaces in different parts of his kingdom,but he resides chiefly at St. Petersburg. He has an immense army,and is always surrounded with a great many soldiers. 6. By looking on a map, you will see that Russia in Europe extendsfrom the Northern or Frozen Ocean on the north, to the Black Sea onthe south, a distance of nearly two thousand miles. On the east, it isseparated from Asia by the Ural mountains; on the wes
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