Excerpt from Russian and English Phrase Book: Specially Adapted for the Use of Traders, Travelers and TeachersOur relations with the coasts of Asiatic Russia are but just commenced, and must grow to be more and more important with every year, and for every purpose of amity and com merce a knowledge of the Russian language must be of the greatest advantage to the Americans of the Pacific Coast.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.