Construction site just off Red Square

The Kremlin (a fortress inside a city)

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July 16th 2017
Following our strict instructions to be ready for a 9.50am pickup to meet our booking for The Kremlin tour, Maria took the seven of us on a walk through the Kremlin grounds that together with Red Square, cover 27.7 hectares. After giving us the rundown on the rules, most of us needed to leave several items in the van - no sharp objects of any description, liquids or creams other than water and not ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

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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