The 14 Pound Mango

Minigarchs and the 14 pound Mango

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June 20th 2008
So, an update from your favourite Moscow Blogger. Had I published this on Saturday as originally intended I wouldn't be about to write about the scenes from that night after Russia's victory over Holland in Euro 2008. It produced some amazing scenes on Tverskaya Road and Red Square. The road was grid-locked with cars beeping their horns, passengers leaning out their windows with huge flags and wom ... 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