The Winter Palace

From Russia with Love........NOT!!

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May 28th 2007
Well this update comes to you from China where we have arrived a liitle ahead of schedule (all will be revealed). We did not do an update from Russia as the Internet cafe's there do not allow you to plug your camera into the computer, they try and charge you if you want to download photos. We last left you in Helsinki just before we were due to leave for St Petersburg on the train. The jour ... 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