Victor

Victor, Olga's husband, chopping wood in the back yard. This was a daily task and the wood was then freely burnt in the Siberian stove which heats the whole house.

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Lake Baikal

April 3rd 2006
The train journey from Exaterinburg to Irkutsk takes a full two days and by the end Nicola, Matt and I are bordering on cabin fever! However, Nicola and I are fortunate to have two more nice Russians in our cabin to accompany us. One is Anna, who is a middle-aged lady with a lovely smile, no English but excellent sign language. The other is Olga. She has limited spoken English but sits close to Ni ... read more

Europe » Russia

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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