St Petersburg street facade from one of the many canals

The End of my 30 Month Summer - St Petersburg (Russia Part 3)

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November 6th 2009
ST PETERSBURG, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION - (Aug/ Sept 2007) - (Thursday 30th August to Monday 3rd September) - Thurs 30th Aug - Mon 3rd Sept - (St Petersburg) The more I read about Russia and learnt about the country, the more interested I became in it and the more places I wanted to visit. However, Russia is such a vast country and my time in the country was li ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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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