Gor'kovskaya Metro Station

A Blog in Two Parts (Part 2)

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November 2nd 2010
Part 2 - Not with a bang but a whimper I had intended to write this second part on Sunday night when I wrote the first part, however I was so tired that I decided to go to sleep and write this entry the next day (Monday). I hadn't planned on meeting up with some friends at a bar chain called "SPB" (as St. Petersburg is called by the locals) and drinking 2 liters of beer! So here I am 2 days lat ... 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