Tiny Kazan Cathedral

Moscow

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August 2nd 2006
To our amazement , the 36h train pulled in at Moscow exactly on time (puts GNER to shame!). Met by a man hired by Sundowners (who booked parts of our trip for us) who took us through the mad mad central Moscow rush hour traffic to our hotel. Moscow is full of 8 lane superroads with cars weaving in and out of lanes and no sign of anyone following traffic rules so we were biting our nails! Arrive ... 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