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On the trail of Rasputin

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July 7th 2010
Staying in the apple hostel which would be more suitably named the rotten apple, but the long hours of daylight - to the point that I did not see it get dark even at 1 am meant thankfully little time was spent in this cauldren...the sky line of St Petersberg is dotted with spiralled cathedrals of glittering gold, visited the winter palace which is not the state hermitage or musuem...and this is fi ... 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