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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]
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] Blog: The Beginners' Guide to the Motherland
Date: September 17th 2011
Russia. For me the country is hard to get my head around. For one thing, its so damn big. I mean really big, covering an eighth of the world's landmass. For another, its so inextricably linked with its history and politics and culture that you don't know whether to think of it in terms of the extravagent and cultured Tsars, the repressive Communist years, or the multibillionare sophisticat ... read more
Date: September 17th 2011
Russia. For me the country is hard to get my head around. For one thing, its so damn big. I mean really big, covering an eighth of the world's landmass. For another, its so inextricably linked with its history and politics and culture that you don't know whether to think of it in terms of the extravagent and cultured Tsars, the repressive Communist years, or the multibillionare sophisticat ... read more
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