St. Petersburg -- The Canal Cruise Photo 3

St. Petersburg -- The Canal Cruise

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May 21st 2010
St. Petersburg - Canal Cruise Once you have finished the ‘palaces’, you look around and then the city’s charm slowly starts growing on you. You realize that there is more to the city than its palaces. In fact, the rivers, Neva, Moyka and Fontanka as well as several canals make it a cleaner, larger Venice or a much more charming Amsterdam or a colder, less humid Bangkok). The Gulf of Finland ... 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