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1 Muscovy in 1303 



2 Muscovy in 1369 



3 Muscovy in 164.5 



"•AVestern Boundary 

 of ELmpire in 1645 



i.kmwiii III urssM IN Ki:i:i)i'|.: iiimr i:iii:; in Idi:, 



to aiiiiri'liy ami civil war. 'i'lie Swedes invaded the country from 

 the noiLli ; the [*oles seized the south, captured Moscow, and placed 

 a fi;ari-i.son in tlu; Krenilin. The state, so many years in painful 

 Vjuilding, seeinc(l ahu.'ady heconic the permanent spoil of its hei'ed- 



