The Assumption Cathedral

Christmas Trip to Moscow

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January 12th 2008
At the moment, the big thing in Britain as well as in Denmark is to go to New York for Christmas or for other shopping events. It must be a bit crowded in New York with all those shoppers so we decided to go to Moscow instead. Moscow was far of disappointing and a very good Christmas destination. We travelled to Moscow about a week before Christmas 2007 and spent three nights there, enough to see ... 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