From the train

Trains and Teddy bears

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April 15th 2010
In Moscow, my route joined the Trans-Siberian railway. Mainly for price reasons I decided to travel platskartney (third class) as I ventured across Siberia. My guidebook told me that this was a bad idea but the writer must be a bit of a wimp because in reality it was fine. There are number of trains that go east from Moscow. The concept of the 'Trans-Siberian express' is a bit of a mis-transla ... 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