KREMLIN, MOSCOW

ONE WAY TICKET TO SIBERIA (MOSCOW TO IRKUTSK)

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September 25th 2007
well here i am in irkutsk, in the southern part of eastern Siberia. have now travelled further east than bangkok (just!) this is the nearest city to lake Baikal, the deepest and most ancient lake in the world (nearly 6000 feet deep). the lake is about 60kms from here. i plan to go there tommorrow. (it is a freshwater lake, with the only freshwater seals in the world....) this morning i arrive ... read more

Europe » Russia » Siberia » Irkutsk

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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