History of the Cossacks

Nonfiction, History, Eastern Europe, Asian, Russia, Civilization
Cover of the book History of the Cossacks by William Cresson, Perennial Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: William Cresson ISBN: 9781518351938
Publisher: Perennial Press Publication: December 27, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: William Cresson
ISBN: 9781518351938
Publisher: Perennial Press
Publication: December 27, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

            THE level plains and steppes of South Russia were known to the ancients as the broad channel followed by the ebb and flow of every fresh wave of conquest or migration passing between Europe and Asia. The legions of Rome and Byzance found this territory as impossible to occupy by military force as the high seas. The little known history of "Scythia"  –  from the earliest times until the thirteenth century of the Christian era  –  presents a confused picture of barbarous tribes pressing one upon another, the stronger driving the weaker before them from the more favoured hunting grounds. Often, voluntarily or by force, the victors included the vanquished in their own "superior" civilization. There are many reasons why it is difficult or impossible to follow with any degree of certainty the national history of these races. "Their long-forgotten quarrels, their interminglings and separations, above all the constant changes in their names and habitat make the study of their history as difficult as it is unprofitable." (Lesur, Histoire des Kosaques.)
            This ignorance of the changes  –  political and economical  –  which are constantly taking place along the amorphous racial frontiers of Eastern Europe, has continued to our own times. But at recurrent intervals these Slav borderlands separating the Occident from the Orient become the scene of political upheavals so vast in their consequences that the very foundations of European civilization are shaken in their turn...

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

            THE level plains and steppes of South Russia were known to the ancients as the broad channel followed by the ebb and flow of every fresh wave of conquest or migration passing between Europe and Asia. The legions of Rome and Byzance found this territory as impossible to occupy by military force as the high seas. The little known history of "Scythia"  –  from the earliest times until the thirteenth century of the Christian era  –  presents a confused picture of barbarous tribes pressing one upon another, the stronger driving the weaker before them from the more favoured hunting grounds. Often, voluntarily or by force, the victors included the vanquished in their own "superior" civilization. There are many reasons why it is difficult or impossible to follow with any degree of certainty the national history of these races. "Their long-forgotten quarrels, their interminglings and separations, above all the constant changes in their names and habitat make the study of their history as difficult as it is unprofitable." (Lesur, Histoire des Kosaques.)
            This ignorance of the changes  –  political and economical  –  which are constantly taking place along the amorphous racial frontiers of Eastern Europe, has continued to our own times. But at recurrent intervals these Slav borderlands separating the Occident from the Orient become the scene of political upheavals so vast in their consequences that the very foundations of European civilization are shaken in their turn...

More books from Perennial Press

Cover of the book Stories from German History by William Cresson
Cover of the book The Reformation and the Renaissance by William Cresson
Cover of the book Gold in the Sky by William Cresson
Cover of the book Isabella of Castile by William Cresson
Cover of the book The Papal Monarchy - From Gregory the Great to Boniface VIII by William Cresson
Cover of the book Early Greek Philosophy and Other Essays by William Cresson
Cover of the book Morale - A Story of the War of 1941-43 by William Cresson
Cover of the book The Rise of the House of Rothschild by William Cresson
Cover of the book The Age of Bismarck by William Cresson
Cover of the book Charity Case by William Cresson
Cover of the book The Mercenaries by William Cresson
Cover of the book A History of Montenegro by William Cresson
Cover of the book The Making of the Balkan States by William Cresson
Cover of the book Sordman the Protector by William Cresson
Cover of the book The Development of Modern Europe Volume I by William Cresson
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy