The train (and me)

At the lake

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September 30th 2007
I left on the train from Moscow in the evening on Sunday 23rd Sep. The driver picked up another man, George, who was going to be on the same train as me. It turned out we were in the same cabin together as well. I am glad the driver helped us to the right platform and made sure we got onto the train, or god knows where I would have ended up. The one thing I found difficult in Moscow was the cyrril ... 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