Upensky Cathedral

Biysk - Бийск

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February 19th 2008
Biysk. It is a lovely city, albeit a bit run down. On Sunday (Feb 10th), Alicia (who will from now on be spelled as Olesya) and Sasha (and Danil) took me to the old part of Biysk with the historic buildings. *some of the pictures shown here are from a presentation on old Biysk buildings that Olesya has allowed me to use. Biysk was built a little over 300 years ago by Peter the Great as 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