The book Russia On the Pacific And the Siberian Railway was written by author Volpicelli, Zenone, 1856- Here you can read free online of Russia On the Pacific And the Siberian Railway book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Russia On the Pacific And the Siberian Railway a good or bad book?
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While these negotiations were proceeding, the diffi- culties of the Poles were increased by the death of the false Demetrius. The dangers threatened by that impostor and his lawless army had alone reconciled the respectable classes of Russia to the candidature of Ladislaus ; but when death removed the cause of their fears, their invincible repugnance to the heretic and the foreigner appeared in full force. This general feeling of the population was excited by the Patriarch Hermogen, who strenuo...usly insisted that Ladislaus should at once abjure his heresies 150 BUSSIA ON THE PACIFIC and adopt the orthodox faith. To stop his seditious propaganda, the Poles put him in prison, where he even- tually perished from neglect and want of food. A revolt broke out in Moscow ; the Poles were driven into the Kremlin and obliged to set fire to the town to keep back the infuriated populace. Their situation was improved only for a short time by this severe measure ; an army of 100, 000 men, composed of Cossacks and contin- gents from the different towns, concentrated around the Kremlin and reduced the scanty Polish garrison to great straits for want of provisions.
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