Red Square from bridge

First Round with Downtown Moscow

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May 31st 2010
I think I left off on Saturday evening. Paul and I decided to go out and grab a few drinks with his friend Melissa, who is studying here in Moscow, somewhere downtown. While he was fixing up our dinner of onions and rice... and a salad, I was charged with going across the street to the market and grabbing a few beers. This "market" was more reminiscent of a 7/11 that was shrunk to about 10% ... 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