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The political state of Russia emerged following the expansion of the principality of Muscovy - emerging from Mongol domination to conquer and absorb the surrounding principalities. The Romanov dynasty continued this expansionist policy. Peter I extended Muscovy's rule to the Baltic Sea, and the Russian Empire came into being. The dramatic fall of the Romanov dynasty, the formation of the USSR under Lenin, the brutal dictatorship of Stalin and the Cold War placed the USSR at the forefront of world politics. The USSR dissolved under Gorbachev, and 15 separate republics were formed in 1991. Although vastly reduced territorially, Russia remains a vast and powerful state, retaining political influence in the region and worldwide.To be updated

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By conorisinrussia
February 8th 2010

Week 2 Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

Hello again! Sorry Its been awhile but its been a busy week... and Ive been lazy. A lot to write about, probably wont get through it one blog. I guess I have to go all the way back to the end of last weekend. I really need to blog more often so its not so hard to remember everything. At some point I will attempt to do a list of the people here so you can have some clue about who is who. no time for that when I have so much homework and am already a week behind on this [View Full Entry]

By Laura Pearce
February 4th 2010

It started in St Petersburg.. Europe » Russia

On 31st July 2009 me, Claire and Alice flew to the beautiful city of St Petersburg and started our journey on the tran-siberian stopping at Moscow where we hung out with Mafia thanks to Alice's old friends! We said goodbye to Alice and travelled though to Eastern Siberia to Lake Baikal, the deepest lake in the world, where we got a boat to the magical Olkhon Island with its magnetic energy drawing the shamans and a spectacular night sky. Next stop was Ulaan Bataar in Mongolia where we went on a bumpy road trip through the gobi desert and central Mongolia. [View Full Entry]

By conorisinrussia
January 30th 2010

The End of Week 1 Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

Well it has now been almost exactly a week (give or take an hour or two) since I got here. Crazy! This winter is the coldest St.Petersburg has had since the mid 1980's. Jeez. Talk about good timing on my part... It smells like smoke everywhere. I can barely breathe the girl behind me is smoking so much. getting used to it though. Almost wanted to smoke myself one day because it was so damn cold out (I didnt though). I got put into the top of the 2 groups of canadians (with 5 other students) The classes are entirely in [View Full Entry]

By jfkimi
January 22nd 2010

Russie Partie II : un Noël russe, de Saint-Petersbourg à Moscou! Europe » Russia

Saint-Petersbourg, la magnifique

Saint-Petersbourg, la magnifique, la glorieuse, la grande. Avec tous ses attraits, tant culturels qu'architecturaux, historiques que culinaires, nous tombons vite sous le charme de cette ville qui est certes l'une des plus majestueuses de toute la Russie, si ce n'est du monde. Véritable centre culturel, c'est ici qu'ont été inspirés les plus grands artistes russes, tels le grand auteur Dostoevsky, le célèbre compositeur Tchaikovsky et l'illustre peintre Kandinsky. Nos balades dans ses rues enneigées, au bord de ses jolis canaux et sur les rives de la rivière Neva nous enchantent. Partout où l'on va, de par son architecture, on a l'impression [View Full Entry]

By Vinovat Sudarynya
January 20th 2010

Escape From Moscow. Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

The play cast.

In 2005, for my third year at university, I moved to Russia to study Russian in two towns a few hours north of Moscow. In Yaroslavl I had lived with fractious landladies, glued bushy sideburns to my face to act in a play, spent Friday nights with classmates in a nightclub called Joy Party, and made friends with Georgian and Azeri traders at the town’s clothes market. In Tver I had lived in the university hostel with a dozen warm-hearted Finns. The happy memories were punctuated by being evicted from one apartment, trapped in another, and several bouts of exhausting Russian [View Full Entry]

By jfkimi
January 13th 2010

Russie Partie I: Moscou sous la neige! Europe » Russia

La spectaculaire cathédrale Saint-Basile sous la neige!

Notre transition vers l'ex-pays soviétique depuis le monde arabe se fait tout en douceur. Un petit vol de cinq heures suffit pour nous transporter du pays des pharaons au pays des tsars perdus, de la révolution bolchévique et du grand froid sibérien. Nous sommes le 9 décembre lorsque notre avion se pose en sol russe, et Moscou, la capitale de cette ancienne grande puissance, est déjà ensevelie sous la neige. Quel constraste avec le désert aride et la chaleur écrasante du continent africain! Ici, on sent déjà Noël qui approche! Un petit tour à bord d'un train express nous amène vers [View Full Entry]

Au nord, un des clochers du Kremlin et le musée

By faubry
January 8th 2010

Année croisée France Russie Europe » Russia » Far East » Yakutsk

Fresque

2010 sera l'année de la Russie en France et de la France en Russie. beaucoup de manifestations se dérouleront dans les deux pays. Cet événement a comme objectif : -Favoriser et enrichir la connaissance des deux pays -Encourager dans tous les domaines d'intérêt commun les échanges tels que les échanges scolaires par le biais de notre projet "fresque sur le thème du réchauffement climatique" Cette fresque est déjà commencée en Yakoutie par les élèves de l'école Sakha Française de Khamagatta et de l'école Canadienne de Yakoutsk. Les premiers dessins ont été exposés en avril dernier à yakoutsk. Depuis la rentrée scolaire [View Full Entry]

By Emmett Brown
January 2nd 2010

Trip to the city Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

Choir in the spilled blood

The start of my first full day in St. Petersburg. After a needed good nights sleep I was greeted by a cooked breakfast of eggs, tamatoes, oninions and basil. Olga took me to the metro to meet Bente, where I had my first taste of the interior of St. Petersburg underground stations. Bente was explaining that the line we were taking (the red line) was the first to be built therefore more elaborate than all the others. We arrived at Nevesky Prospek which is one of the major streets, simalar to oxford street in London. Bente told me a cafe to [View Full Entry]

By Grybaziggy
January 2nd 2010

When the mercury drops Europe » Russia » Volga » Perm

Bed Holiday

Nick Hogan once asked me, "How's Perm? Brutal enough for you?" I replied that overall life was good, and Perm not at all brutal. This was well before the two -40 days of mid-December and the week in which the temperature bounced between -20 and -30. Up till then, when asked by grinning Russians "so, how do you like Russian winter?" I understood what they wanted me to say. I would reply, however, that, in truth, Russian winter is not so different from Nebraska winter. No colder, just a little bit longer. My Russian questioners would stop grinning. Sveta even claimed [View Full Entry]

By Emmett Brown
January 2nd 2010

The coldest stroll in the park Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

A lovely view out to sea

It is Misha's birthday today, I asked him how he was going to celebrate it. "Me and some guys are going to have a bbq" baring in mind it is -11/12 outside! Olga tells me this is his tradition and he does it every year. After breakfast Olga took me to Peterhof to the great palace. The palace gardens are full of fountains, however in winter these are covered with boxes for protection and in turn these boxes are covered in snow. So if your looking for a scene you see in most of the brochure shots then winter is not [View Full Entry]

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