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Hiking in the Sayan Mountains, Russia

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August 5th 2007
Wow. We have just spent four days in the Siberian (kind of... technically Russian I think, but 'Siberian' sounds a lot more impressive!) wilderness... hiking in the Sayan Mountains, situated near Lake Baikal about 70ks outside Irkustsk. The mountains were like heaven after the cramped and stuffy (though incredibly enjoyable) confines of our train kupe - the air was pure and beautiful to breat ... read more

Europe » Russia » Siberia » Irkutsk

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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