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River Stories
12018-09-25T00:12:07-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f591pathwayplain2019-04-04T23:51:53-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Russian roads were infamous. Muddy. Treacherous. Unfinished.
Rivers were the reliable thoroughfares. They spread across the surface of the empire in a dense web of sinewy lines. But most were too narrow or shallow for shipping lumber. (Or for shipping it easily.)
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