St. Petersburg -- Pushkin Photo 16

St. Petersburg -- Pushkin

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May 22nd 2010
Catherine’s Palace at Tsarkoye Selo and Pavlovsk at Pushkin The suburban Imperial Estates of St. Petersburg like Catherine’s Palace, Pavlovsk, Gatchina etc. are marvels of recreation. Please note that I am not using the word ‘restoration’ since after the ‘Siege of Leningrad’ in WWII, there was nothing left to restore in those palaces. They were totally looted and ravaged, though some ... 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