Djib's Final Metro Ride

My Big Trip (Part 1)

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January 25th 2011
So I haven't decided yet how I'm going to divide my journal entries into blog entries so I guess I'll just do it on an ad hoc basis (kind of like the Bolsheviks just after seizing power). I'm basically just going to copy what's in my journal and add some notes here and there. Journal copy will be in italics and any notes I make along the way will be in this type. Just to set the mood for my first ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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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