St Basils Cathedral

Lived to tell the tale........

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June 5th 2006
Well folks, we did survive Russia and have now emerged to the other side, residing safely in Poland. Now, before we tell you about Poland (will save that for tomorrow, as we really only just got here) I'll finish telling you about our last days in the mother country, Russia. On Friday (think it was friday, really no idea what day it is) we both experienced a 'first' in our lifetimes, which is wh ... 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