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Dust on the road

August 18th 2013
Apparently, the Lada 2107 is the cheapest car in the world. Not only economic in fuel consumption, service costs and spare parts are astonishingly cheap. This fact I’ve discovered for myself as I’ve repaired and tinkered with Agatha over the course of my journey. One of the first improvements I made was to change the cracked windscreen she came with when I bought her. The cracks were in my lin ... 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

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Russia: A Farewell Tour

sageinrussia

I’ve lived in St. Petersburg for three years, teaching English, learning Russian and enjoying the process of getting to know another culture. Every summer here I’ve taken a trip to some or other interesting place: in 2011 I went to Novosibirsk and the Altai mountains; last summer I visited friends in Perm and went on a rafting trip in the northern Urals. This summer, my last living here, I decided to go to Lake Baikal. Since I’ve got quite a lot of friends along the way, it seems natural to call in on them. Plus I’ve always wanted to take an extended road trip around Russia. A plan eme... full info

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