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# The Russian Empire is bounded on the north by the Northern Ocean; on the east it is parted from America by the Eastern, Pacific or Kamchatka Sea; on the south it borders upon Chinese and Free Tartary, upon Persia, Georgia and Little Tartary; and on the we
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- Published: 2023-09-19T06:01:47.000Z
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- Author: Alexandr Radayev
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From the Methodical Geographical Description of the Russian Empire, with a Proper Introduction to a Thorough Knowledge of the Terrestrial Globe and of Europe in General, 1776.

By Chinese Tartary, in all likelihood, are meant the lands of present-day Mongolia and China; by Free Tartary, the lands of Turkestan not yet incorporated into the Russian Empire.

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