Historical Tales, Volume VIII: Russian

by Charles Morris

39 chapters9h 6mEnglish1908

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These Russian tales span the time of Russia's founding in the 800s-900s all the way to the early twentieth century and are factually based, although particularly the older tales have become legendary. ( DrPGould)

Chapters (39)

1The Ancient Scythians

858

2Oleg the Varangian

626

3The Vengeance of Queen Olga

660

4Vladimir the Great

1098

5The Lawgiver of Russia

732

6The Yoke of the Tartars

553

7The Victory of the Don

407

8Ivan, the First of the Czars

373

9The Fall of Novgorod the Great

899

10Ivan the Terrible

511

11The Conquest of Siberia

452

12The Macbeth of Russia

1475

13The Era of Impostors

769

14The Book of Ancestry

334

15The Boyhood of Peter the Great

789

16Carpenter Peter of Zaandam

1011

17The Fall of Strelitz

1120

18The Crusade Against Beards and Cloaks

637

19Mazeppa, the Cossack Chief

631

20A Window Open to Europe

1138

21From the Hovel to the Throne

1022

22Buffooneries of the Russian Court

926

23How a Woman Dethroned a Man

1018

24A Struggle for a Throne

795

25The Flight of the Kalmucks

2156

26A Magical Transformation Scene

582

27Kosciusko and the Fall of Poland

499

28Suwarrow the Unconquerable

1008

29The Retreat of Napoleon's Grand Army

688

30The Death-Struggle of Poland

990

31Schamyl, the Hero of Circassia

909

32The Charge of the Light Brigade

858

33The Fall of Sebastopol

921

34At the Gates of Constantinople

779

35The Nihilists and Their Work

701

36The Advance of Russia in Asia

1017

37The Railroad in Turkestan

757

38An Escape from the Mines of Siberia

918

39The Sea Fight in the Waters of Japan

1154

Historical Tales, Volume VIII: Russian

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Chapters (39)

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