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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “I was offered the leadership of a trading caravan which the Cossacks intended to organize in order to find that route…”

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I was offered the leadership of a trading caravan which the Cossacks intended to organize in order to find that route, and I accepted it with enthusiasm.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin shares his excitement about leading a trading caravan, reflecting his entrepreneurial spirit.

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