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Background: Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. Under PETER I (ruled 1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. During the 19th century, more territorial acquisitions were made in Europe and Asia. Repeated devastating defeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the imperial household. The Communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR. The brutal rule of Josef STALIN (1928-53) strengthened Russian dominance of the Soviet Union at a cost of tens of millions of lives. The Soviet economy and society stagnated in the following decades until General Secretary Mikhail GORBACHEV (1985-91) introduced glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize Communism, but his initiatives inadvertently released forces that by December 1991 splintered the USSR into 15 independent republics. Since then, Russia has struggled in its efforts to build a democratic political system and market economy to replace the strict social, political, and economic controls of the Communist period. While some progress has been made on the economic front, recent years have seen a recentralization of power under Vladimir PUTIN and an erosion in nascent democratic institutions. A determined guerrilla conflict still plagues Russia in Chechnya.




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16 days ago: saorrento published a blog
End of an Era
October 19th 2009  Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow
We haven't even pulled out from the gate yet and already this flight has gone for long enough. Of course, the two hour delay at the gate hasn’t helped, and for the life of me still cannot ... [full story]

19 days ago: ChellesFootsteps published a blog
From Russia with love
October 20th 2009  Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow
We arrived in Moscow late, approximately 10pm after a 6hr train ride from St Petersburg. Luckily we’d manage to secure transfers before we left and there was our driver waiting at the end of the ... [full story]

From Russia with love
20 days ago: saorrento published a blog
From Russia with love
October 18th 2009  Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow
So far Moscow has been equally as welcoming as its counterpart to the north, St Petersburg. The following morning after our arrival the night before we awoke early, today was going to be a long day; w ... 8 photos [full story]

20 days ago: saorrento published a blog
The snowy haul to Moscow
October 14th 2009  Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow
If you haven’t already realized by now dear reader snow is something that I am easily excited about. Having seen snow only once (in my life) for a week whilst skiing in Australia before this tri ... [full story]

Our weekend away to Suzdal
34 days ago: Layla and Ste published a blog
Our weekend away to Suzdal
October 4th 2009  Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow
So our guide book had told us about a little town called Suzdal, to get there you have to get a bus to Vladimir (3-6 hrs) and then a 1 hr bus to Suzdal. We decided to spend the night in Vladimir as w ... 10 photos [full story]

Moscow
35 days ago: Layla and Ste published a blog
Moscow
September 26th 2009  Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow
So...we arrived in Moscow after our overnight train which got in at 4am!! We decided to wait around in the train station till it got light, managed to get a little bit of sleep until some security ... 7 photos [full story]

42 days ago: Sorry but we are not at home published a blog
москба
September 27th 2009  Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow
As promised, this time we write a decent blog entry... Saintpetersburg (SPB) was great, we spent there 3 days. Lucky us the youth hostel was in the centre, so all sights were in walking distan ... [full story]

москва
49 days ago: Sam en Lieve published a blog
москва
September 19th 2009  Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow
Woensdag 16 september is het dan eindelijk zo ver... We vliegen richting Moscow. Na een goede vlucht en lang aanschuiven bij de douane worden we gelukkig zonder problemen binnengelaten. Vladimir (ee ... 17 photos [full story]

55 days ago: AshleyNathan published a blog
Mockba aka Moscow
September 14th 2009  Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow
When you first arrive in Moscow and see all the blank expressionless faces and endless police its extremely daunting. i had to take an express rail journey to the city from the airport as delays meant ... [full story]

Russia Continued
57 days ago: Mandys published a blog
Russia Continued
September 11th 2009  Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow
Russia cont’d The Hermitage is a very impressive building - it just goes on and on… and inside is the largest collection of all sorts of art - Picasso by the rooms, Matisse, Gauguin, Rem ... 13 photos [full story]


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