Monument to Peter the Great

Decembrists' Square

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago

December 11th 2007
The radio on the train to St Petersburg played "Rasputin", an apposite song given my next destination but also a reminder that a worryingly large chunk of my knowledge of Russian history came from Boney M lyrics. I quickly turned to the appropriate section of the TSH, keen to learn something about the man and the times he lived in other than that "to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear". S ... 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

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I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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