Off to the ballet

Welcome to the Mother Country!

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May 29th 2006
After several hours at the Russian border, we've landed in the mother country, and what an astonishing country it is!!! All the stuff we learnt during school about russian history, all that stuff that didnt mean a thing to us....the reality of it all sinks in as soon as you land in Russia. These poor people have had their city invaded time and time again yet have banded together to overcome such ... 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