The Imperiia Project: a spatial history of the Russian Empire

General Rumiantsev calls for a cordon on the Dniester River

The goal? To protect Khotin with its massive grain stores.

Perhaps as an afterthought, Rumiantsev calls for a cordon along the Dnieper River at Kiev, as well, in hopes of preventing penetration into Russian territory.

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