Transportation and Religion 3

Transportation and Religion

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June 20th 2006
Hello everyone, Who would have thought that a tourist "must" in Moscow would be to visit their subway stations? Each time I stepped off a train, it was like entering the foyer of a museum. Each had a theme and were decorated with marble, granite, handpainted murals, stained glass and chandeliers. The best ones were built in the early 1950's. The theory was to give quality to everyone's life. ... 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