Chelle in front of Smonly Cathedral

Eastern Europe - Day 7 - St Petersburg (Palaces and Parks)

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May 9th 2009
The person who helped us arrange our visas to St Petersburg (Alexei) picked us up from our hotel and drove us out to Peterhof village. We actually hadn't intended on going to Peterhof, but Alexei told us that us had more time than we thought and that we couldn't actually get into the Catherine Palace until 12:00pm as it is only open to tour groups before then. If anyone wants go to Russia I would ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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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