Excerpt from Russia as It Is The Russian people probably occupied a great part of the region where it is settled now, before history dawned upon them. It is the region belonging to the Slavic race, of which the Russian is now the only independent representative among the other states and nations. The historical origin of the Russian people is merged in the darkness extending over the origin of the whole race. The same mystery surrounds the cradle of all aboriginal races and primitive nations of the ancient world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.