Church in Novgorod

You knew it was coming

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September 20th 2007
In fact many of you have been waiting for it. Oh sure, it’s nice a fun to hear about the sight-seeing and the adjustment to Russian culture, etc. But when the shit starts hitting the fan, now that’s when everyone starts tuning in. Some of the kids in the group have come up with a phrase: TIR. This is Russia. It explains anything from why the internet café in Smolny (my campus) closed an ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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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