The Famous St. Basil Cathedral

It is said that the tsar who comissioned this cathedral was so pleased with the result that he had the architect's eyes removed so he would never design anything better... now there's a performance bonus structure for you!

Moscow

January 2nd 2006
С НОЫМ ГОДОМ! Happy New Year in Russian… pronounced: Snobum Godom Temperatue: -5C Snow Cover: 40cm Privet (informal hello in Russian), I am writing this on the eve of mounting the TransSiberian railway. I will be traveling from Moscow to Irkutsk through 5 time zones. This is like going from Vancouver to Halifax and back to Toronto in one train journey with no stop lasting more tha ... 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

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