In Listvyanka

The snow was still melting when we arrived in Litsvyanka.

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Lake Baikal and Irkutsk - 16 to 18 May (Days 22 to 24)

May 19th 2009
On 16 May at 9.10 we arrived at the station in Irkutsk after 52 hours on the train. We were then taken to the village of Listvyanka, about 1 hour drive. We shared the car with Natasha from South Africa and Derek from England. Both had been traveling the Trans Siberian from Beijing to Moscow, so Ben and I had plenty of questions. They told us the stories of the Mongolian traders crossing the border ... 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

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