Ice Road

Lake Baikal

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October 13th 2012
I opened the curtain to a freezing scene outside. During the night a good few inches of snow had fallen. My room was warm, I think the heating and hot water is always on and supplied to the entire block (I have looked round the flat and can't find a boiler) from a central boiler room. Olga had prepared some kind of oat/ porridge for breakfast, probably noticing my dislike for her pancake thing ... read more

Europe » Russia » Siberia

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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