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Published: June 22nd 2017
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Our route
Our route from Moscow to St Petersburg is a long 1,367 km. We travel on canals, rivers, reservoirs and lakes, and traverse about 20 locks. The Volga Dream's cruising speed is 22 kph. Geo: 59.8685, 38.2509
Goritsy is a small river village whose main feature is a 15th century convent. As is common in rural Russia, this is complemented by a monastery in the nearby town of Kirillov. The monastery was founded in 1397 and is one of the largest in Russia. These institutions (especially convents) were favourite places for the exiling of widowed or divorced nobles, where they often lived out their days in prison conditions.
We visited the monastery in cold and slightly rainy weather. Ludmilla gave another great talk, on Russian arts this time. Our team won the Pick the Liar competition after dinner.
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Karla
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Yep, sounds like Sel!