. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 196 EUSSIA IN EUROPE. old funeral rites survived in these districts till the tenth and eleventh centuries, as shown by the Byzantine coins found in the kurgans, where the warrior reposes with his arms, or the woman is still adorned with her finery. At times the funerals were accompanied by sacrifices of animals, and even of men and women. The large Chorna Mogila mound near Chernigov contained a confused calcined heap of remains of men, horses, birds, fish, arms, implements, and jewellery. When, towards the end of the ninth century, the eastern Sla
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 196 EUSSIA IN EUROPE. old funeral rites survived in these districts till the tenth and eleventh centuries, as shown by the Byzantine coins found in the kurgans, where the warrior reposes with his arms, or the woman is still adorned with her finery. At times the funerals were accompanied by sacrifices of animals, and even of men and women. The large Chorna Mogila mound near Chernigov contained a confused calcined heap of remains of men, horses, birds, fish, arms, implements, and jewellery. When, towards the end of the ninth century, the eastern Slavs begin to emer"-e from the darkness of mediaeval times, they occupy all the region of the Fig. 95.—Chorna Mogila.—Kurgan, near water-partings and head-streams of the Volga, Dvina, Niémen, Vistula, Dniester, and nearly all the Dnieper basin, besides a few isolated communities as far east and south-east as the Caspian, Kuban, and Sea of Azov. These Slav tribes already offer the elements of a vigorous nationality, and they now definitely take the historic name of Russians. The origin of this term has been much discussed. According to one tradition. 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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