Not of the military regulations or of the arrangement of the Ryazan serfs' quitrents. |
It is an old town, mentioned in the annals in 1177, and until the 14th century was the capital of the Ryazan principality. |
Thereupon he was sent to take Ryazan, but the stubborn opposition of the inhabitants led to the city being burnt. |
The army turned more to the south, along the Ryazan road and nearer to its supplies. |
Prince Kutuzov's adjutant has brought me a letter in which he demands police officers to guide the army to the Ryazan road. |
Kutuzov's order to retreat through Moscow to the Ryazan road was issued at night on the first of September. |