bulgakov pt 2

Moscow and Astrakhan 2016

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November 4th 2016
The last leg of a trip that had started mid-September meant heading out to Astrakhan; near mouth of the Caspian Sea. Yes, once again this visit continued a healthy theme of oddball conference spots, this time to talk about the Arctic. What's in Astrakhan? As it happens, not much. There's a nice Kremlin (no, not that one) dating back to Ivan the Terrible's conquest of the region, but I think I w ... read more

Europe » Russia » Volga

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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 Dynas... ... read more