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Peterhof

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March 26th 2006
Well, today we set off taking the second deepest metro (subway) in the world. we went to Peterhof Palace, the former summer residence of russian nobility. the whole place was renovated after the germans attacked it to become a museum. a lot of beautiful art and material things to be seen around the decedant palace. most of the walls were sprayed with a thin layer of real gold. the layer is so thin ... 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