Terribly posh people going to the Opera

Moscow

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October 10th 2008
On our first morning, had a "off the beating" track tour with Moscan woman called Lana. We strolled around some beautiful boulvards of the city towards the house (museum) of Russian dramatist Maxim Gorky....where we came across photos of George Bernard Shaw along with Gorky! Had some tasty Russian food and back to the hotel! On our final day....we went the famous Kremlin and the funky In ... 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