There lived a certain man in Russia long ago

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December 11th 2007

Published: January 2nd 2008

The radio on the train to St Petersburg played "Rasputin", an apposite song given my next destination but also a reminder that a worryingly large chunk of my knowledge of Russian history came from Boney M lyrics. I quickly turned to the appropriate section of the TSH, keen to learn something about the man and the times he lived in other than that "to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear". St ... Read Full Entry

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I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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Sculpture

28, Nevsky Prospekt

Singer sewing machine trademark

28, Nevsky Prospekt

Site of Rasputin's murder. "And so they shot him till he was deaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad. Oh, those Russians."

Detail

St Nicholas Naval Cathedral

Building detail

Canal at sunset

Sign requesting pedestrians to use the other side of the road during artillery attack

Remaining from the Siege of Leningrad. St Petersburg's name changed to Petrograd in 1914 (to make it sound less Germanic) then was changed to Leningrad several years after the revolution then reverted to St Petersburg at the beginning of the 1990s.