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THE GROWTH OF RUSSIA 



in less than a generation lias added to herself an area larger 1)}' 800,000 

 square miles than Russia in Europe, and a population almost as great 

 as that of the entire Russian empire, her annexations do not equally 

 disturb the political equilibriun) of the world. Though politically 

 connected with her and dependent upon her, they do not feel them- 

 selves an integral part of her. The East Indian, the Cypriote, the 



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