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Moscow

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March 16th 2009
Another early morning, another early flight and it’s off to Moscow. Our Aeroflot Tupelov TU-154 was comfortable and well attended. Aeroflot is the old Soviet commercial airline. Since the fall of communism, they’ve done a marvelous job of bringing the airlines into the 21st century. The flight was pleasant, uneventful and right on time into Moscow Sheremetievo airport by about 11 AM. After a ... 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