St. Basils

Mockba

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May 8th 2007
So, when I left this last I said we arrived in Moscow and immediately fell into fear and panic, I'll elaborate now. Though wheezy woman's son gave me a few details like where the Metro station was and how much the tickets cost, we had no roubles yet as they are only available inside Russia. A hangover from when the economy collapsed in the nineties I believe. We found an ATM machine straight a ... read more

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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