Gostiny Dvor

The crowd is starting to gather in front of the Christmas Tree...I don't mind, and actually rather like that the rest of the world imitates our culture, but one aspect I could do without is the early beginning to the Christmas season.

Синий, Белый, Голубый!

November 15th 2010
More on the title of this entry in a moment. But first I should tell you that, after a 2 week absence, my good friend the sun made a brief appearance here in St. Pete yesterday. Just a couple of hours but it was good to see him again! Today was, of course, dreary, rainy, and ever so gray. Anyways, the Americans all went on a trip to Helsinki and Tallinn this weekend but I stayed here because ... 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

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