. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across 8. He ordered the introduction ofChristianity into Russia, and established a great many churches andschools. Vladimir left the throne to his twelve sons, who quarrelled about ittill several of them were murdered or slain in battle. The successful sonwas Yaroslav, who followed the example of his father by extending thel)oundaries of the country and introducing reforms. He caused manyGreek books to be translated into Slavic, and ordered the c
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across 8. He ordered the introduction ofChristianity into Russia, and established a great many churches andschools. Vladimir left the throne to his twelve sons, who quarrelled about ittill several of them were murdered or slain in battle. The successful sonwas Yaroslav, who followed the example of his father by extending thel)oundaries of the country and introducing reforms. He caused manyGreek books to be translated into Slavic, and ordered the compilation ofthe • RussTtaya Pravda, which was the first law code of the , whom Mr. Taylor mentions in the same line with Vladimir, was aRussian scholar and theologian of a later time, to whom the religion ofRussia is much indebted. After Yaroslavs death there were many internal and external wars,during which Russia lost a great deal of territory, and the history of thecountry for a long period is a history of calamities. The Tartars underGenghis Khan invaded Russia, plundering towns and cities, murdering A BIT OF KUSSIAN HISTOKY. 217. lYAN THE TERRIBLE. the inhabitants, and ravaging the whole country from tlie frontiers of Asiato the banks of the Vistula. Famine and pestilence accompanied war; inthe year 1230 thirty thousand people died of the plague at Smolensk andforty-two thousand at Novgorod. Alexander Nevski defeated the Swedesand Livonians on the banks of the ISTeva. He was a prince of Novgorod,and one of the most enlightened of his time. Moscow was founded about 1147, and grew rapidly, although it wasrepeatedly sacked by the Mongol invaders, who slew on one occasiontwenty-four thousand of its inhabitants. The capital was established there,and under various rulers the war with the Mongols was continued to asuccessful end. Ivan III., surnamed The Great, drove them out, andsuccessfully repelled their attempts to return. His son and successor,Ivan IV., was su
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