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Pskov

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March 21st 2008
These pictures are from Pskov. it is one of the oldest fortress cities from old ruse and the only stronghold against both the mongol invasion and polish/lithuanian/german invasion. yes, it was a long time ago when both mongolia and poland were military superpowers. we also went to the place where Pushkin was "exiled" for 7 years and where he wrote a lot of his famous stuff. then we went the anothe ... 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