St. Petersburg 4

The throne room at Hermitage.

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June 5th 2006
Hello everyone, St. Petersburg is fabulous. The Hermitage Museum is the biggest tourist attraction. It was built in 1764 and was originally used as the winter palace. Catherine the Great lived there alone in the original 330 rooms. Although she didn't lack "company" she referred to her solitary existence as living like a hermit, hence the term Hermitage. Different Czars added on to the win ... 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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