Spilled Blood #3
From the park across the street
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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 Dyna... [read more]
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 Dyna... [read more] Blog: Touring St. Petersburg
Date: May 17th 2007
Today was a day devoted to being a tourist and I have to say I have enjoyed myself. This morning after breakfast I walked down to the “Church of the Resurrection of Christ” which is also known as the “Savior on the Spilled Blood” (I mentioned this in Saturday’s post). It was built between 1883 and 1907 on the spot where Alexander II, the Emperor of Russia , was mortally wounded in 18 ... read more
Date: May 17th 2007
Today was a day devoted to being a tourist and I have to say I have enjoyed myself. This morning after breakfast I walked down to the “Church of the Resurrection of Christ” which is also known as the “Savior on the Spilled Blood” (I mentioned this in Saturday’s post). It was built between 1883 and 1907 on the spot where Alexander II, the Emperor of Russia , was mortally wounded in 18 ... read more
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I grew up the oldest son of two parents who LOVE to travel. My father's job as an expert in world soils gave him opportunities to travel for several weeks at a time nearly every summer that I can remember. His stories (and slides) of numerous trips to China during the re-opening to Western visitors after the communist revolution, to both eastern and western Europe (including Berlin on the day/night that the former East Berlin rejoined the economic system of West Berlin/Germany) and African countries such as Tanzania instilled a wanderlust in me from a young age. While I have not had the opport... full info
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