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The Winter Palace - Hermitage Museum

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October 22nd 2017
Today we fulfilled a long held dream to visit the world’s largest museum in one of the greatest palaces in the world, The Hermitage. The Winter Palace was, from 1732 to 1917, the official residence of the Russian monarchs. The palace was constructed on a monumental scale that was intended to reflect the might and power of Imperial Russia. From the palace, the Tsar ruled over 22,400,000 square ki ... 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