Sestroretsk Resort

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March 16th 2022
Originally founded by Peter the Great in 1714 Sestroretsk is a seaside resort town known for its sandy beach on the Gulf of Finland but today with Anna it was not sand we saw but snow as she walked on the frozen Gulf of Finland ! As she walked to the beach area we passed early 20th-century wooden dachas in the art nouveau style. It was such a beautiful tour, filled with all the information t ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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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