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Irkutsk

March 20th 2013
Irkutsk on the eve of its 350th anniversary I was fortunate to visit Irkutsk on business in February of 2010. The city was going to celebrate the 350th anniversary since it had been established. Irkutsk is one of the largest cities in Siberia. This place was first found in 1652 by Ivan Pokhabov when he built winter quarters near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collect ... read more
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Russian Flag 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
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