Another stunning gallery in the Hermitage,St Petersburg

Museum viewing to last us a lifetime!!

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May 24th 2009
It didnt really get dark during the night as both of us woke very briefly at different times and we both remarked in the morning that there seemed to be light beyond our curtains to the room.How you would exist here during the end of June when it is basically light for 24 hours is beyond us.It is quite difficult to think that it is well time to go bed at even 11pm when it is so light outside. We ... 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