Russia in Europe and Asia (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Russia in Europe and Asia<br><br>There is an enormous amount of literature at the disposal of the student of Russian affairs; and yet there is really very little which satisfies one who wishes to get a comprehensive glance at the whole empire in its many and various aspects. Hare's "Studies in Russia," prepared in 1886, but republished as lately as 1904, is still the only book of its kind, and the author is so well known for his other reliable volumes of a similar character that one may safely depend upon him. But naturally this particular book is altogether inadequate now. It does not even cover the whole territory of Russia in Europe. Since Hare wrote his admirable descriptions of a few cities and of some of the famous cathedrals, churches, palaces, and other famous buildings, considerable changes have taken place.<br><br>There are many cities and towns that now attract the visitor, but for which no thoroughly satisfactory guidebook is available. Even the cities that Hare thought he was discussing fairly exhaustively have grown and developed in a quarter of a century, until he himself would now scarcely recognise them. For example, the town of Rostoff is a place that deserves a visit, but there is no satisfactory description of it available to the English reader. There are a number of others which are historically or archaeologically most interesting, and the towns that have developed greatly as industrial centres are not yet sufficiently known through the medium of a guidebook.<br><br>Siberia has changed so much in the last five or six years that Gerrare's "Greater Russia," frequently mentioned in the following pages, is now almost obsolete, so far as the important trans-Siberian Railway and internal improvements are concerned.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.