pushkin statue

of all the pushkin statues and monuments in this country, i think this is probably the coolest.

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Pskov

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

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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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