A selection of documents translated from the Russian by T. Minorsky and D. Wileman and ed. with an introd. ...

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London: The Hakluyt Society 1975. 8vo.Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (x316pp.). With fold-out frontisp. 2 maps and num. illusts. Fine. (Hakluyt Soc. 2nd Ser. Vol.146). NOTE: Translations of of the most important documents relating to the Yermak Campaign. There are several narrative accounts collectively known as the Siberian chronicles. The Remezov chronicle is illustrated with 154 pen & ink drawings - all are reproduced here. The collection of documents is rounded out with 7 charters or decrees of Ivan IV relating to the advance across the Urals.