Smolny Cathedral

Ahh, the wonder of freedom and technology

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September 2nd 2007
Sorry for the randomly fast entry yesterday. I'm back in business and ready to roll. That said, I'll try to tone down the use of cliches. Orientation was odd, I'm not going to lie, but I did get to meet everyone in the Russian Language and Russian Area Studies Programs that's here through the same company I am. All told there are about 40 of us (ironically, we're all trying to cram in the sa ... 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