Dusk on the Neva River

From Russia With Love

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August 4th 2008
For our summer vacation we chose to head to Russia, primarily because we wanted to escape the heat and thunderstorms in Asia. Also, we were excited by such a random destination. Since we had nine days off we picked two cities, St. Petersburg and Moscow. On the flight to St. Pete we realized we had zero expectations aside from a plethora of vodka and the lingering effects of communism. After a year ... 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