Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Staraya Russa

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August 17th 2013
I first read about Staraya Russa a couple of years ago, did not find it much interesting, but now I actually realize how many of the small places in the vicinity are worth taking a glimpse at. I now have a list of about a dozen of such places. First, I bought a guided excursion with Davranov Travel but they cancelled it (I suppose because of the lack of tourists). In a week, I found anothe ... read more

Europe » Russia

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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