Leaving Moscow

Rhythm of the Rails

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June 20th 2008
Some years ago the inimitable Kenny Rogers sung of a Train Bound For Nowhere in his opus, "The Gambler". I am searching for this man, this gambler. We are on that train. A few years further back than that, God made the world. He was industrious and creative and conscientious in this endeavor, and must be given high marks. He varied the landscape, laid down chunks of forest next to sea, desert n ... 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