Hermitage 2

The Seige of Leningrad

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August 7th 2006
Saturday was my last morning in Yerevan. I was dreaming that I was about to pull a sword out of a stone at some sort of Renaissance Faire. A bleating sheep made the faire seem more authentic, but when I woke up I could still hear the bleating. It took me a minute to realize I actually was awake and there actually was a bleating sheep three floors below my balcony. Someone had tied a sheep by its ... 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