Excerpt from The History of Russia, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Vol. 1 of 2: Compiled From the Most Authentic Sources, Including the Works of Karamsin, Tooke, and Se gur An original history of Russia, erived to extent from primary Russian authorities, is looked for at this moment. We must cont the best use of such secondary materials as already exist. Happily these are both copious and instructive, and need onl to be selected with discrimination, and judiciously arrang This is the task we have undertaken, with what success it. Is for our readers to decide. The authors whose works have been chie y consulted or put under contribution for the pre sent volume are as follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."