Word: spanned
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...Baltic Sea. This approach permits Obolensky to include some of the exotic peoples and tribes that, like the Russians who colonized them, have long since lost much of their cultural distinctiveness. Another kind of excursion was plotted by the late English scholar Max Hayward, whose introduction covers the entire span of Russian history, with diverting digressions on such topics as peasant life, Cossack lore, the liberal intelligentsia and Russian tycoons. A 15-page miracle of compression, the essay is a learned, graceful and witty commentary on the book's fugitive images of every day life...