Moscow, Russia 09/08/08 to 21/08/08 09/08/08

Moscow, Russia 09/08/08 to 21/08/08

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August 21st 2008
I got picked up at the Moscow train station by grandpa on the 9th of August, 2008. We went back and met grandma back at home and I gave her the present from Aunty Olga and Alena. The next day grandma was dying to take me shopping so we set off. We ended up going to the markets maybe a 10 minute bus ride from where she was living. At the markets grandma took the opportunity to try and purchase ev ... 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