Kazan Cathedral

Moscow - Russia, not Kentucky!

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March 23rd 2010
As the train rolled through the last kilometers, approaching Moscow, the sun rose on our final day on the Trans Mongolian. The steady murmur of the wheels on the endless rails and the gentle rocking that put us to sleep was soon to be replaced by comfy beds in homey apartments as we spent a week in Moscow with our friend Vania who teaches there in Moscow. While the adventure had been incredible, ... 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