The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual Words of the World's Best Historians, Biographers and Specialists: a Complete System of History for All Uses, Extending to All Countries and Subjects and Representing the Better and Newer Literature of History, Volume 2C.A. Nichols Publishing Company, 1922 |
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... EUROPE : Map of Eastern Europe , 1768 . 1796. - Courland taken by Russia in the third partition of Poland . - Courland at first remained an independent duchy under the suzerainty of Poland ; passed under Russian rule in 1796. - See also ...
... EUROPE : Map of Eastern Europe , 1768 . 1796. - Courland taken by Russia in the third partition of Poland . - Courland at first remained an independent duchy under the suzerainty of Poland ; passed under Russian rule in 1796. - See also ...
Page 844
... Europe ( Geographical Review , Dec. , 1918 . ) . " The Knechte were generally en- gaged , as throughout Eastern Europe , by a writ- ten contract covering a year from winter to winter . Many varieties of contract of course prevailed ...
... Europe ( Geographical Review , Dec. , 1918 . ) . " The Knechte were generally en- gaged , as throughout Eastern Europe , by a writ- ten contract covering a year from winter to winter . Many varieties of contract of course prevailed ...
Page 845
... Europe , p . 148. The Baltic provinces took a most promi- nent part in the Russian revolution of 1905. " Be- cause of the cruel condition of the masses , the outbreak was more sweeping there than in the rest of the empire . It was a ...
... Europe , p . 148. The Baltic provinces took a most promi- nent part in the Russian revolution of 1905. " Be- cause of the cruel condition of the masses , the outbreak was more sweeping there than in the rest of the empire . It was a ...
Page 846
... Europe , p . 32. — In July , 1917 , before the Cour- land National Assembly met , the Letts declared themselves in favor of a separation from the rest of the Baltic provinces in the form of an autono- mous state , composed of territory ...
... Europe , p . 32. — In July , 1917 , before the Cour- land National Assembly met , the Letts declared themselves in favor of a separation from the rest of the Baltic provinces in the form of an autono- mous state , composed of territory ...
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... Europe - namely , the advance of Judenich against Petrograd , supported by simultaneous sea operations by the Esthonian and British navies ; and the Bermondt affair in Latvia , when the Esthonian armoured trains helped the Letts to save ...
... Europe - namely , the advance of Judenich against Petrograd , supported by simultaneous sea operations by the Esthonian and British navies ; and the Bermondt affair in Latvia , when the Esthonian armoured trains helped the Letts to save ...
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