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Excerpt from The Russian Empire, Vol. 1 of 2: People, Institutions and Resources Baron Haxthausen's Work on Russia, which now appears in an English dress, is already well known in this country, both through the original German and the French edition. The present translation has been executed entirely from the German. The original Work consists of three large volumes, and the reasons which have led to its abridgment may be briefly stated: the subjoined note of the Author will, I think, partly show its necessity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.