Moscow

Moscow

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May 31st 2010
When I got to Moscow I had a metro ticket that this Australian couple gave me, sadly it didn't have any passes left on the card. Maybe they expired, or they were mistaken. I went and got a card with a couple passes on it for myself. The lines for the metro were far below the ground, I wonder if they did this for protection from bombing, or for some other reason that makes much more sense. Also the ... 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