Moscow Day

The challenges of the Red Bear, Russia

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September 22nd 2006
Moscow, St Petersburg (Aug 31-Sept 15) Russia started a bit rough but I think I can finally look back and laugh (well, maybe not). I was held in Moscow airport for 6 hours and then deported to Prague for 5 days awaiting my Russian Visa from the consulate there. Don’t ask- they wouldn’t do it in Moscow airport.. oh well, I still got there. As Churchill said, Russia is an enigma wrapped in a ... 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