Peter the Great being washed

Peter the Great founded the city. He was an "alcohol lover", hung with freskd snd misfits, and was found of eccentricity. He had son tortured for not committing to modernisation./killed

RUSSIA: Saint Petersburg experience in pictures

May 16th 2007
"Priviet" (hi). As promised, here are some pictures from St Pete. I was fortunate to have a true Russian experience, as I stayed with a Russian couple. I got to taste real Russian food (mostly delicious), coffee (nice and strong), and champagne (yeap! I really liked it, and I did even know Russia had anything but vodka). I got to see a Russian production of the Swan Lake and I got to ... 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

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