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Show THE FIRST INVASION OF RUSSIA. The first great invasion of Russia was that of the Huns, a race of flerco and warlike Asiatics who Bwept over Eastern Europe in the fourth cen. tury. In the thirteenth century the golden horde of Tartars captured Russia, and from 1238 to 1462 the country was under tho yoke of the Mongols. In 1395 Tamerlane invaded Russia, but retired. In 1462 the Slavs again gained the ascendancy and Ivan III tho Great founded the present monarchy and introduced firearms and cannon into Russia. In 1479 thero was another great invasion of Tartars, Tar-tars, but they wore driven out. In 1613 tho present royal family, the Romanoffs, gained tho throne. In 1700 the Swedes invaded Russia, but after several victories they were routed. The last great invasion of Russia prior to tho present onslaught of tho Aus-trlans Aus-trlans and Germans was that of Napoleon. Napo-leon. The French Emperor marched victoriously through Russia to Moscow, Mos-cow, hut on September 16, 1S12, just 103 years ago, the city was burned by Russlnn convicts under orders from the .Russian Governor, and Napoleon found himself in the heart of Russia without supplies and with winter coming on. His disastrous re-treat re-treat from Russia, in which most of his army wns destroyed, marked tho beginning of the end of his power. New York World. |