White Nights and Dark Days at St. Petersburg Photo 2

White Nights and Dark Days at St. Petersburg

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May 21st 2010
The Hermitage Did I see the darkness of night while we were at St. Petersburg during the second week of May? Not at all, because it was light when I woke up very early in the morning (about 4:30 AM) and it was still light when I went to bed very late at night. (about 1:00 AM) However, the word ‘light’ should be taken here to mean a weak, insipid fluorescence filtering through the dark clouds ... 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