Ural heroes

Sveta tells me the man in the tricornor hat founded Perm. He and his friend were sent out by Peter the Great to exploit the Urals. Sort of like a Russian Lewis and Clark. Their project, by most accounts, has been pretty successful.

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lazy Perm afternoon

July 6th 2008
I'm taking a break from Russian langauge lessons. Later this afternoon Sveta, her friend Anna, and I will go to a movie. Something to do with Paris. There's a Bergman retrospective next week that I'm looking forward to checking out. Perm has a great second run theater. So here are mess of photos. My greatest regret is that I forgot my Pilgrim's hat. ... read more

Europe » Russia » Urals

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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