Cathedral

St Petersburg with pics

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March 30th 2008
Russia Our flight went well from Heathrow considering the weather we left behind, we arrived in St Petersburg around 4.30pm and went straight to our hostel to meet everyone else on the trip and yes Stu was the oldest! we had a good mix of people, a couple from OZ, 2 lads from Ireland 1 lad from the states and the rest from good old Blighty! The Hostel was OK, two single beds and a mouldy sink ... 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