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Book Excerpt: from theNorth. Every bond between them was broken; two kingdoms wereestablished under a single name--Russia--one under the Tatar yoke, theother under the same rule with Lithuanians. But actually they had norelation with one another; different laws, different customs, different aims, different bonds, and different activities gave themwholly different characters."This same Prince Guedimin freed Kieff from the Tatar yoke. This cityhad been laid waste by the golden hordes of Ghengis Khan and hiddenfor a very long time from the Slavonic chronicler as behind animpenetrable curtain. A shrewd man, Guedimin appointed a Slavonicprince to rule over the city and permitted the inhabitants to practisetheir own faith, Greek Christianity. Prior to the Mongol invasion, which brought conflagration and ruin, and subjected Russia to atwo-century bondage, cutting her off from Europe, a state of chaosexisted and the separate tribes fought with one another constantly andfor the most petty reasons. Mutual depredatioRead Mo
