Dr. D. I; Kazckoff read an i teresting paper at the Ex-Officers Club last Thursday on "The Beginnings of Russian History." Dr. Kazakef is of the opinion that Russians themselves have an imperfect knowledge of the formative years of their country. In the 19th century great popularity was enjoyed by the theory of the famous scholar-philosophers Schelling and Hegel, who asserted that the Slavs are not a historic race. The German historian Schletzer advanced the interesting theory that the first kings of ancient Russia were of Norman blood, a thought, however, that up to now suffers from lack of proof. Russians. states Dr. Kaza'coff, are. a purely Slavic tribe, and the! Slavs spread over the Eestetn part
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