Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Where the Heck Am I?

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April 7th 2007
I'm in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, a city whose population is directly inverse to the number of letters in its name. This city is isolated, and it took me just about all day to railroad here. There's one small airstrip, which Korean Airlines miraculously flies out of. I'm here, eating dirt, and staying at a hotel which may better be described as "a collection of boxes with beds". Why I went here I don't k ... read more

Europe » Russia » Far East » Sakhalin

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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