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TWU students in Russia

Moscow Version 2.0: The Clown and the Kremlin

March 8th 2004
The morning brought out Kremlin tour. By this time, we had the impression that the city seemed to be quite well funded, and even though there were signs of poverty all around, it was easy to still see the city as the capital of one of the world's superpowers. We passed Putin’s residence, a number of churches that served the Czars, the world’s largest canon, and what I am fairly sure was descri ... read more
Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

Russian Flag 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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