Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788: The Journal and Selected LettersUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1966 - 293 pages |
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Page 62
... merchants especially lived in the world of seven- teenth - century Muscovy , and many of them were in fact Old Believers . Remaining extremely conservative , they still thought only in terms of privilege , monopoly , and special rights ...
... merchants especially lived in the world of seven- teenth - century Muscovy , and many of them were in fact Old Believers . Remaining extremely conservative , they still thought only in terms of privilege , monopoly , and special rights ...
Page 63
... merchants . " 13 Toward the end of the eighteenth century this economic empire spread still farther when the merchants of Irkutsk began to supply the distant Rus- sian dominions in northeastern Siberia , America , and the Kurile Islands ...
... merchants . " 13 Toward the end of the eighteenth century this economic empire spread still farther when the merchants of Irkutsk began to supply the distant Rus- sian dominions in northeastern Siberia , America , and the Kurile Islands ...
Page 66
... merchants were having the Alas- kan coast combed for new supplies of furs to replenish Siberia's diminishing stock . Because of the depletion of fur - bearing animals in Siberia , many hunters and trappers ( promyshlenniki ) migrated to ...
... merchants were having the Alas- kan coast combed for new supplies of furs to replenish Siberia's diminishing stock . Because of the depletion of fur - bearing animals in Siberia , many hunters and trappers ( promyshlenniki ) migrated to ...
Contents
Significance and Problems of Interpre | 32 |
Siberia in the Eighteenth Century | 63 |
The History and Editing of the Papers | 81 |
Copyright | |
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