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A Day in Moscow... Not Enough Time At All!!!

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August 6th 2007
After four nights and four days on the train from Irkutsk, having travelled around 7000 kms and having crossed 5 time zones, we have finally arrived in Moscow - stinky, overfed and showing early but distinct signs of cabin fever, but incredibly excited to be here! Thanks to our previous train trips, we all felt as if we had got our ‘train legs’ - and it was with this new confidence that we b ... 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