Moskva river and Stalin building Moskva river and Stalin building

Moskva river and Stalin building

The tall building is an apartment building on the embankment and one of Stalin's 'Seven Sisters' - meaning seven Stalinist skyscrapers built around 1950.


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Russian  Flag 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: Moscow
Date: September 29th 2007

It was already dark when I arrived at Moscow-Vnukovo on a Saturday evening. I took the airport express train to Kievskaya station (RUR 100 or EUR 2,70) from where I walked down the lively old Arbat street towards my pre-booked accommodation in the Hostel Moscow, conveniently located in an apartment building near the Arbatskaj ... read more




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