New Year's decorations.

Making plans.

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December 6th 2005
I had a bad night's sleep. The noisy clattering of the trams woke me up at 6 this morning as usual, by which time my throat was hurting from the cold weather. A breakfast of greasy vegetables and a sausage didn't help but I had an excuse for not eating it. The temperature is minus 7, and I took a 2-0 lead in our game. When it gets to minus 10 I'll put another pair of trousers on underneath my j ... 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