Russia: Being a Complete Picture of That Empire; Including a Full Description of Their Government, Laws, Religion, Commerce, Manners, Customs, &C.; . From the Earliest Period to the Present Ti

Excerpt from Russia: Being a Complete Picture of That Empire; Including a Full Description of Their Government, Laws, Religion, Commerce, Manners, Customs, &C.; With the History of Russia, Civil, Military, and Ecclesiastical, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time

The Volga, esteemed the greatest of European rivers, has its source in the mountains of Valday it flows through the chief provinces. Of the empire; and the town of Astracan, in Asiatic Russia, is situated at the mouth of this river.

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