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What to Make of Moscow?

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June 8th 2008
When I came to Moscow I was looking for a challenge, something different, and this city has certainly provided that so far. I'm really not sure what to make of this place. People say 'you love it, or hate it', and I'm currently erring to the latter. That's not to say it isn't an interesting place - far from it. But I can't feel any warm fuzziness here, the kind that makes you feel at home. Moscow ... 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