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St Petersburg - Take Two

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August 11th 2007
What can we say? We love it here. We have walked all over the city, heading out at about 10 in the morning and not returning until 12 or 1 at night (the sun doesn't set here until 11.30, so more daylight means more walking!)... and we spent three days at the Hermitage. Definitely not enough time... We are leaving tomorrow, and are both feeling a little forlorn as we are wishing that we could stay ... 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