One small corner of the RedSquare

A taste of Red Square

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May 20th 2009
Wednesday 20th May A taste of Red Square One of the benefits of living like a Muscovite in a suburban apartment is that there is virtually no traffic noise.Building number 7 that the hostel is in on Belorechevskaya Street is not really on the street.Rather it is amongst other apartment buildings 100mtrs back from the road.You can hear a very low hum from traffic somewhere in the distance but it ... 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