The Winter Palace

St Petersburg, the city we grew to love

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September 9th 2008
Confused, disorientated, we arrived in cold St Petersburg early after a rather eventful night on the train from Riga. Firstly, the ticket inspector was not too impressed as he collected our tickets, as he found us propping up the bar rather than in our carriage. And then later on, just as we were finally falling asleep, we had the dreaded border crossing. All went smoothly for us, but the rathe ... 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