Street Scape 11

A Gem In The North

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June 13th 2009
St Petersburg.... Not So Russian At All Arriving bright and early in the old capital, we dumped our bags at the hotel and headed for breakfast near the station thinking "if that was the last train I'll see, it won't be that bad!!" Straight into a walking tour of the city, we were taken to some of the old palaces, shown some of the brilliant architectural buildings (and even a church wi ... 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