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Novgorod the Great

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December 27th 2006
If that isn't self promotion, I don't know what is. The name of the town is "Novgorod the Great". I would like to say something about the bus ride from St Petersburg to Novgorod, I really would. I can't really comment too much though as the windows on our bus were so covered with grime that no one could see out. Well, hopefully the driver could. Dirty cars in Russia are quite a problem at thi ... 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