Some park in Chistiye Prudy

Moscow - in search of Babushkas and Cossack Dancers

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August 24th 2008
Moscow. We weren't sure what to expect in Moscow. Drab soviet gray buildings and despondent faces, all with a healthy sprinkling of Vodka. Sadness or depression seemed to be a fair expectation, given the exorbitant hotel prices in Moscow (currently the most expensive city in the world - who would have thought). It seems though gray and sad is far from today's Moscow. Colour seems to be the ... 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