Volkonsky house

Irkutsk

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May 11th 2007
A couple of days roaming round Irkutsk eating cabbage and chasing marshrutky (russian minibuses) pass by pleasantly enough. The town is nice and fairly relaxed, has some nice tree-lined streets with wooden lace architecture, a couple of mad-looking Russian Orthodox churches, a lively market and a lot of kamikaze maniac drivers. That last also includes our bus driver from Listvyanka to Irkutsk - a ... 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