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Ploschad Lenina.  
   

Ploschad Lenina.

The statue of Vladimir Ilych Lenin. The flowers to his left have been laid on a plaque, commemorating the citizens of Tver who died during the civil war. On top of the buildings are the flags of Russia and the Tverskaya region.
"And that's probably all".

February 21st 2006
This lesson this morning was 'Russia Today'. I don't know the name of the teacher yet, a thin lady in her fifties with greying blonde hair. We watched the morning news - with reports about Iran, bird 'flu and another Russian figure skating medal at the winter olympics - then read through some articles. Lessons are far more formal here in comparison with Yartek. The teachers had organised a 'mee ... read more
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Russian Flag 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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