hermitage by night

Last full day in Russia

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September 10th 2007
Now having a last full day in St Petersburg before flying back to Copenhagen tomorrow (it's 9/11 so security may be extra tight), killing time at the airport there for about six hours then heading towards China. We have really enjoyed St Petersburg. It is a comparatively new city for Europe, built by Peter the Great in 1703 after he reckoned that Russia was going to go nowhere in trade and econom ... 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