Statue of Peter the Great

St. Petersburg

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September 1st 2007
For the first week of our trip my group is staying in St. Petersburg. On Thursday here we toured the city in a bus and got to see all the big sights with out going in any. It was interesting to see all of the city in a matter of hours and pretty much going in one big circle that none of us really know how that worked. We found out many facts that day, such as that the city was founded in 1703 w ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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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