The Hermitage in St Petersburg

This is a palace-turned-art-gallery beyond imagination. Amazingly you can not only get within touching distance of thousands of priceless artworks but you can also take photos

From Russia With Love

September 28th 2007
This is our final day in Russia. Since my last entry we’ve travelled in relative luxury on an overnight train from Moscow to Novgorod with supper served in our cabins and the space for both us and our bags! Novgorod is an ancient city to the north of Russia. Believed to have been settled in 859 (no-one is really sure, it’s too long ago) it was ruled from 862 by a Viking king. Novgorod sece ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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

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