During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries a series of three great invasions occurred which were destined to modify the historical development of Russia, and three new races of men were to make themselves felt for all time upon their nation. The Russians of the Northwest were destined to become Germanized, while Russia of the East and South made the acquaintance of the Tartar-Mongols, and Western Russia with the Lithuanians.
Mediaeval Russia
The Evolution of a Race
The Sword Bearers
Under German Authority
The Inhabitants Become Serfs
The Tartar Invasion
Customs and Methods of Warfare
Genghis Khan the Leader
The Call to Arms
Overwhelming Disaster
A Forlorn Hope
The Brave Defiance
The Tartars Everywhere Victorious
The Sack of Kief
Sent into Captivity
Flushed with Victory
Effect upon Russian History
A Noble Figure
A National Hero
Origin of Muscovite Power
Mingling of the Races
The Lithuanian Conquest
A New Master
Dies a Pagan
The Passing of a Nation
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From General Nelson A. Miles
Thrilling Stories of The Russian-Japanese War, 1904
