Тартария. Часть 1: Русская Империя

A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20301/20301-h/20301-h.htm This 15th edition of A MUSEUM FOR YOUNG GENTLEMEN AND LADIES was published ca. 1799. Это 15-е издание «Музей для Молодых Джентльменов и Леди» было опубликовано ок. 1799. http://www.jpaulmorrison.com/museum/p115.htm ASIA (Асия) A Man and Woman of Tartary in their proper Habits. An Account of TARTARY TARTARY, which is the same country as the ancient Scythia, comprehends all the North of Europe, and almost a third part of Asia. At present the Russians possess the North part and have given it the name of Siberia. It is a cold barren country, generally covered with snow, and very thinly inhabited. Their wealth consists in cattle, and their employment in grazing. They carry on neither manufacture nor trade, except in slaves and horses, and rove about in herds or clans. The Emperor of Russia is supreme Lord of the Western as well as North part of Tartary, especially since the time of the late Czar Peter the Great, who extended his conquests even to the Northern coast of the Caspian Sea. The Chinese are masters of the South and East parts of Tartary. The Tartars are divided into four different nations, namely, the Tartars properly so called, the Calmucks, and the Usbeck and Moguls. The Calmuck Tartars acknowledge themselves subjects of Russia; the Usbeck Tartars were once independent, but since subdued by Kouli Khan, the late Sovereign of Persia [also known as Nadir Shah, sometimes described as the "Persian Napoleon", assassinated 1747; one of the unlucky owners of the fabulous Koh-i-Noor diamond], who took possession and plundered their capital city Bochara, which was extremely populous and wealthy. This country of Usbeck Tartary is situate in a very happy climate and fruitful soil, and carries on a very brisk trade to the East and West parts of Asia:...