Blockade Monument
This is the biggets of several monuments to the Nazi seige of Leningrad, whick lasted 900 days during World War II.
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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]
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] Blog: Санкт-Петербург, Российская Федерация
Date: June 22nd 2009
St. Petersburg, Russia June 17th - 21st, 2009 After heading east for nearly 3 weeks, and a final 2 hour flight from Warsaw, we arrived in our destination of St. Petersburg, Russia. We are glad we decided to fly as we got a great deal on 3 flights, and to take the train would have taken us probably another two weeks to get here. True to form, it pissed on us as soon as we got off the pla ... read more
Date: June 22nd 2009
St. Petersburg, Russia June 17th - 21st, 2009 After heading east for nearly 3 weeks, and a final 2 hour flight from Warsaw, we arrived in our destination of St. Petersburg, Russia. We are glad we decided to fly as we got a great deal on 3 flights, and to take the train would have taken us probably another two weeks to get here. True to form, it pissed on us as soon as we got off the pla ... read more
