Heading up the Hill in Yalta

Crimea

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November 8th 2013
The crossing from Russia into Ukraine was pretty smooth, although the Russian guard got out a magnifying glass to look at my passport and asked me questions about my visas for other countries. As soon as the Ukrainian guards had done their thing (and the cutest sniffer spaniel had done his), a man went up and down the train exchanging Russian roubles into Ukrainian hryvnia, one was selling Ukraini ... read more

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Ukraine was the center of the first Slavic state, Kievan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kievan Rus was incorporated into the Gran... ... read more