Walk in the forest

Excursion into Urals

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July 22nd 2004
At nine o’clock sharp all of us were there: driver, guide and four of us. We got in the blue van. Plenty of space and one curiosity - the steering wheel is on the right, English style! Who knows how did that van end up here? We first crawled through the city traffic, but soon we were out of the urban area. All is so different once you are out of the city. After an hour or so we reached ou ... read more

Europe » Russia » Urals » Yekaterinburg

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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